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Professor' Barrett Wendell '77, of the Departments of English and Comparative Literature, was injured in an automobile accident yesterday morning. He was on his way out to College from his home in Boston, and near Central square another car came out of a side street and in trying to avoid it, the chaffeur ran into a lamp-post. Professor Wendell was thrown through the windshield, suffering cuts about the head and a general shaking up. The injuries are not serious, however, and Professor Wendell will be able to go on as usual with his classes in a few days...
...improve the general tone of the language used by undergraduates in their everyday class work. Hereafter any glaring breaches of good usage in written papers will be reported by the instructors to the Secretary of the Committee who will communicate with the student and endeavor to help him avoid such faults in the future. Frequent offenders will be obliged to take a special course in English grammar, which will not count towards a degree, but will be necessary to insure good standing with the College Office...
...wisdom of that advice is as profound as is our interest in the subject. (Was there ever a Freshman, for instance, not guilty of writing on "My Purpose in Life," while in English A, where his sole purpose was to avoid...
...wrong use of "formula" on page 26, and the sudden change of a character's name from Josh to Amos on page 29. Even if the material handed in afforded no fiction with the snap we are accustomed to expect in Advocate stories, care should be taken to avoid such examples of slovenliness...
Entries for the University championship singles tournament will close this evening at 6 o'clock, when all entries must have been made in the blue-books at Leavitt & Peirce's. In order to avoid unnecessary defaults it is essential that contestants indicate in the entry book the days and hours of all College engagements. An entry fee of 50 cents will be charged. This will cover the cost of courts, but contestants must provide their own tennis balls. The drawings will be made this evening, and the chart will be posted on Jarvis Field tomorrow when the first matches will...