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...spirit of the law. If, for example, her players had been above reproach surely the manly and ultimately the least compromising course would have been for her to submit them to the oral examination and then to have urged the technicality, if she so chose. Her eagerness to avoid the oral examination, and the direct refusal of one of her players to submit to the same seems to us very much like a tacit confession of her own guilt. Had her protested players been above reproach they certainly would have had everything to gain and nothing to lose by their...
...authoritative in reference to Princeton's players; and indeed we do not mean to question the honesty of their convictions. They are no doubt technically right in affirming that every member of the Princeton team is a bona fide member of the university. Very likely, too, in order to avoid criticism, all the members of the Princeton team will conclude to keep up their connection with the college until the end of the year-at least they will be subjected to the greatest pressure toward this end. As to the actual intentions of some of Princeton's players, however...
...Boston and Albany depot at 10 a. m. returning at 5.30 p. m. As the football grounds are only five minutes walk from the depot there will be no trouble about getting the return train after the game. The gates will probably be opened early and in order to avoid a rush men who hold grand stand tickets would do well to arrive early upon the field. Placards will be posted in conspicuous places near the gate to direct men to the sections reserved for Harvard and Yale. There has been a new arrangement of seats so that those...
...organization of the papers will perhaps result from this dinner, and a happy precedent will undoubtedly be established. Tonight the blue book for signatures will be taken from Leavitt and Peirce's, and be it said once more-let all intending to go, sign at once, so as to avoid all confusion and trouble at the very last moment...
...without contact with the floors, furnish firm support for the instruments. In the centre of the western wing there is a large rectangular tower, standing on an independent foundation, and isolated from the surrounding rooms; this tower is designed for investigations demanding extraordinary stability or great height. To avoid the influence of magnetism as much as possible, all pipes and nails in the western wing are made of brass...