Word: various
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...these courses contain a large element of poetry. Course 5, on the other hand, is exclusively prose, which it is found that many prefer, and forms an excellent introduction to Ancient Philosophy, studied in works which are models of prose style, rising somewhat in difficulty, and touching on various departments of metaphysics and ethics...
Classics 1 will be a series of lectures on various subjects, among which Greek Political Antiquities, the Roman Constitution, Greek Mythology, and Comparative Philology may confidently be expected...
...past two weeks the various crews have done much in the way of improvement. Every boat, as it leaves the float, is subjected to the closest scrutiny, and as the time of the race draws near, as comparisons are made, and as "points" are discovered, the knowing ones begin to have settled opinions about the order in which the most important boats will cross the line on the 29th. Holworthy is, not without reason, looked upon as the favorite for first place in the six-oared race. Of the four crews this one alone has retained the stroke who pulled...
...that magenta has given way to crimson, we desire to make a suggestion of a practical nature. All who were at Saratoga last year, or at Springfield in '73, must have been surprised at the various shades that passed for magenta; in fact, it seemed true that verium et mutabile semper magenta. Of late the manufacturers have made less magenta than formerly, and only one American house, it is said, imported a regular line of magenta ribbons; naturally the ingenuous mercer sold any approximate shade as "Harvard's magenta," and that misty notion of colors in general, and magenta...
Crimson, while a more popular color, has this same disadvantage, and unless some precaution is taken various shades will be sold for crimson. If arrangements could be made with some one house to manufacture and import for Harvard a given line of crimson ribbons which should be dyed after a fixed standard, the difficulty would be obviated. In this case, Harvard men would know just where they could buy the exact shade, and the enterprising shop-men of Saratoga could stock their counters with what was really Harvard's color, and not, as last year, sell quite another shade from...