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...excursion tickets to Springfield last year were good only on the special trains so that anyone who wished to avoid the crowd, or to go up before hand, was compelled to pay full fare both ways. Now fully enough fellows take the regular trains to warrant some effort at securing better rates for them. There is little doubt but that the railroad can be induced to issue a round trip ticket, to be good perhaps from Friday until Tuesday, at much less than the regular fares. All that is needed is for someone to lay the matter before the railroad...
...order to avoid the confusion of having the classes in both. Upper and Lower Mass. Use the same door, a separate staircase is being built. Instead of making a turn as it does now, the stairway, will lead straight down and come out at the north east corner of the building...
...made nervous by the excessive heat. If our buildings had a perfect system of ventilation the case might not be so bad. As it is, however, there seems to be only one solution to the difficulty; and that is to set the hour for the examinations earlier and thus avoid the heated hours of the middle...
...there was no official timer to witness Cary's recent 100 yards dash, it is very doubtful if his record will be accepted. This uncertainty may lead to the introduction of some electric timing device to avoid disputes...
...desires money, a life of ease, a calling that will yield him a support while his heart is elsewhere, let him by all means avoid the ministry, but if, on the other hand, he wishes one that will give him the most real satisfaction, he might better choose the ministry...