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...these arrangements may be completed, every one who desires to profit by them should sign to day sure at Leavitt and Peirce's. As some will not wish to return Thursday night, all must state when they will return. The number to return on the train specified will not affect the boat arrangements. If only 100 men sign, the fares will be 10 cents and 25 cents respectively higher...
...athletic system and that it has to win or lose like any other team. The success of the freshman should be the interest of the college at large, and '88, '89 and '90 should consider it their duty to see that nothing is left undone which might affect the result of the game with Yale...
...making. English only is the language used in the schools, thus the people have a community of feeling and thought, and the common use of the English tongue is the first step in their further education and advancement. The orders issued in regard to this do not as yet affect the preaching of the gospel in the churches, nor in any way hamper the missionaries in their efforts to give the tribes a knowledge of the Christian religion. But it is insisted upon that the schools established for the education of the younger generations shall teach the language...
Would not some Hamlet who could come and "set you up a glass wherein you may see the inmost part of you" affect some beneficial results...
...cricket. In base-ball curves there is no room for chance to come in; at least we may neglect such slight differences as may arise from local peculiarities of atmospheric density. It would be perhaps worth inquiring how far the effectiveness of a pitcher's curving would be affected by the barometric pressure. Imagine the captain of a base-ball team warning the nine before play began that they must allow a little more than usual for X's curves because the barometer is unusually high! Yet undoubtedly the air must more effectively deflect a spinning ball when the barometer...