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...Green failed and Chaney and Fearing only were left. Chaney missed at 5 ft. 7 1-4 in. and took second place with a jump of 5 ft. 6 1-2 in., while Fearing cleared with ease 5 ft. 10 in. and then, with no further attempt to go higher, stopped, satisfied at having won the event...
...representation of "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," which the Conference has undertaken this year is now pretty well started. This will be the fifth annual representation, given by the society, the characters of the plays having grown in difficulty and interest each year. Last year was the first attempt to produce a classic, and "Les Precieuses Ridicules," was in every way a success...
...greatly increased membership list, and the fact that all of last year's cast - with one exception - is still in college, makes the success of the present attempt assured...
Professor Palmer's "Doubts about University Extension," must send a chill down the backs of the many warm supporters of that new system of education. Professor Palmer's "doubts" arise in the attempt to answer the question - Are the aims of university extension practicable? On this point, he says: "We cannot with certainity say that they are not, but it is here that doubts arise, - doubts of three sorts: those which suspect a fundamental difference in the two countries [England and America] which try the experiment; those which are incredulous about the permanent response which our people will make...
...attempt at a general revision of the tariff is not political at this time (a) It would not accomplish the object sought for. - (b) It would not make the principle involved any more obvious. - (c) It would invite the opposition of every interest depending upon the favors of the present tariff. - (d) Tariff reformers should attempt only what they can reasonably expect to accomplish, and - (e) No extreme measure can pass the Republican Senate...