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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...band of maidens whose bared breasts shed gleams...
...obfuscations than the "Intellectual Science," yet, in play of fancy and subtlety of wit, the "Harvard Bible"* is second to no other humorous production of this age. In it we think we find traces of a familiar pen, and recognize, here and there, the touches of a master hand, whose productions are not entirely unknown to the undergraduate world. There is a delightful vein of half-concealed, often completely hidden humor running through the work and coming into view only to the observing eye of those whose souls are attuned to the spirit of the composition, and whose memories...
...little did these ancients suspect that within a few centuries the work whose exclusive enjoyment was theirs would become a part of the general edifying literature of the world. The arrangement of the work is excellent, considering its early date, and in general its wit is very pointed; but there are some humorous touches in it which we cannot satisfactorily explain. For instance, we find on page twelve an apparent reference to our modern games with forfeits. "A student who fails to do this forfeits her right to washing for the week." Was that a joke practised in the school...
...eyes were completely dazzled on looking over, yesterday, the bright columns of the Harvard Lampoon. A venture in a field of college literature never before tried is a daring thing indeed; but if success does not attend the efforts of the editors of the paper whose first issue appeared yesterday, it will not be because their efforts are undeserving of success. In spite of the prophecies of their far-seeing minds, we wish them heartily all manner of good fortune. Nor can we see any reason why the fate of their enterprise should be doubtful, unless, perchance, the standard they...
...matter of little concern to that large body of students who regard examinations as merely a drawback to the enjoyment of a February vacation, that they should be bored with all their examiners during the first week; but to the more scholarly and hard-working students, whose rank has a meaning for them, it is far from being a matter of indifference whether an inconvenient order of examinations is preceded by an early notification or is snapped upon them at less than a week's notice. Whatever else such tardiness shows, it certainly demonstrates that negligence and procrastination in college...