Word: well
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...There is no conceivable reason for having it in Lent, except that it may include Fast Day; but the observance of Fast Day is completely obsolete, and interests none of us, whereas Lent is a very real thing in many families. All vacations are certainly intended for enjoyment as well as suspension of studies; therefore, to fix one at a season when a decreased amount of pleasure will be obtained by many others besides churchmen is to neutralize the intention for which it is given. To find fault with giving a vacation after Easter, because Easter is an ecclesiastical institution...
...Faculty decided to extend to Juniors the privilege of voluntary recitations, it was not without some apprehension that the friends of this new rule watched the result of its application to any other than the highest class. But every Junior who has at heart his own interests, as well as a proper regard for the reputation and prosperity of Harvard, and a desire for her success in the reform methods which she has undertaken to introduce, must have appreciated the responsibility thrown upon his shoulders during this trial-year of a system which relieves him from the slavery and loss...
...called, at Harvard, but merely a system of pecuniary assistance; secondly, that the authorities try to remedy the defect by applying to the present system the name of scholarships, and by making public the names of successful applicants. This only makes the matter worse, however; for, as Mr. Higginson well says, there are very few undergraduates "so obtuse as not to see the difference between an honor which is simply and unequivocally an honor, and a so-called honor which is simply a certificate that among a certain number of poor young men a certain applicant is on the whole...
...Cornell Review for February is hardly up to the average. "The Bell of Merry Wishes" is the best of the articles, and is quite well told. The question of the propriety of the attendance of the ladies of a class at the class-supper has been exciting the Cornell mind of late. The Review thinks that it is all right, and urges them to attend; and the Era, of course, takes the other side. Five ladies of the class of '80 did attend the class supper, but remained only through the literary exercises. The Review has one last word...
...February number of the Vassar Miscellany fully maintains the high standing of this excellent magazine. The articles are all of very equal merit. "How and What shall a Child read?" is well conceived, and the ideas are good. We are sorry, however, to notice an absence of poetry from the Miscellany; not a single verse met our eyes as we lingered over its interesting pages. Is it possible that the Muse has abandoned Vassar? We read that at the meetings of the "German Club" all the members feel obliged to talk vigorously. We are inclined to think this...