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...right to squander our four years away on courses that we take no interest in. The college man has more vacation than any other class, yet he idles away his time in doing fifty things besides his appointed tasks; a slight headache, a dry Professor; any thing to avoid a short hour in the recitation room. Men think they are wronged too if not allowed to go home before a vacation begins, if an examination strikes him hard, or if he is barred from a recitation on account of oversleep...
...again. Thus he would be conforming with the rhythm of life. Many men have no aim in life but are indifferent to all surroundings. In such a life a business would become a pleasure. Among the most disinteresting persons are those who seek nothing but pleasures; these then avoid the law; they become the most uncomfortable and most unhappy persons we know...
...nights the disagreeable odor of smoke from the burning gas jets, and wretched lights besides, have made us feel more keenly than ever the inadequacy of the present system of lighting. The causes of this discomfort are very simple. The nights have been warmer than usual and to avoid bad ventilation a few windows have been opened. The drafts which followed blew directly on to the burners causing them to smoke incessantly, while the unhealthy fumes had to be breathed by all. There is no prospect that this nuisance will abate, on the contrary it will occur with greater frequency...
...because the Union is a failure, for it is not. but because in a University of this size there is ample room for two; because two will raise the standard of debating higher than ever, and because a second will be the most practical way for us to avoid the defects of the first...
...game between '93 and '94, scheduled for Wednesday, will be postponed till Thursday to avoid conflicting with the Chicago A. C. game. '93 will play a short game this afternoon with the Manual Training school. G. Perry and K. Fairbanks, of the Law School, will probably officiate as umpire and referee of the class games...