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"L'Amour Medecin" is a gay, swift trifle, full of the broad humor of burlesque that carries itself in any tongue, and strikes the eye in the action of the players before the words reach the ear. Sganarelle's daughter is sick of love for her Clitandre. Her dull old...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CERCLE FRANCAIS PLAYS | 12/4/1905 | See Source »

"Scholarship in College," by J. B. Warner '69, is the most profitable article in the January Monthly. It treats of the old, yet never quite trite subject of an undergraduate's responsibility to himself and his own future, and the importance of definite scholastic purpose during the four college years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Monthly. | 12/21/1901 | See Source »

The rest of the article is devoted to a discussion of the various objections to the German system which present themselves most prominently to a citizen of the United States. In finishing, Professor Peabody remarks that the American people, who are certainly the quickest-witted of the nations, will not...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Peabody on City Government. | 3/2/1892 | See Source »

As for the fellow who has written these things about his own college, he probably knows no better, and therefore deserves pity, not scorn and loathing. He probably is some wretched, half-witted being, living in a very musty and unclean garret, tenanted by vermin, who scribbles to order, that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/6/1887 | See Source »

Our manager immediately telegraphed to come, as Prof. Norton had granted permission to play under certain restrictions in the rules which would not effect Columbia's game. It is needless to say that the New York team did not appear and the telegram was returned unanswered. Many misunderstandings between colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/26/1883 | See Source »

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