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Through the courtesy of Dr. Sargent we have at hand a new pamphlet, entitled "Hand-book of Developing Exercises," which he has written during the past year as a guide for exercise in the gymnasium. In the preface it is stated that it "will serve as a substitute for the cards heretofore employed, and will also act as a more specific guide to the use of the new system of apparatus." It may also be serviceable to outsiders who follow a regular method of physical training. Then follow general remarks upon exercise, diet, sleep, air, bathing, and other subjects...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: We should like to inquire how much the evident scarcity in supply has raised the price of the singing-books used in the daily chapel exercises? Could not some generous friend of the university be found - one whose purse would stand such a heavy drain - who would be willing to give five or ten dollars to supply the gallery of the chapel with singing-books? We would not be so bold as to ask for such a luxury as half a book for each person, but if there would be at least one singing-book for every...
...crew dinner has been postponed till Tuesday, Oct. 24. The subscription price has been reduced to $2.50, the real cost of the dinner. The book is at Bartlett's, and it is hoped that a large number will put down their names. Subscription must be paid on signing name. All names must be down by Monday evening...
...Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song" is announced by Crowell & Co., New York...
...Rollo's Tour to Cambridge." Nevertheless, these verses have a character of their own; their humor is aptly termed "sly." The subjects chosen are always unpretending, the metres used are appropriate and handled with a pleasant facility, and the execution of nearly every piece is felicitous and successful. The book throughout is pervaded with the genuine college spirit of our day in treating of all social subjects - a mild Horatian cynicism of a modern tinge. And yet the chief praise we can give to the volume is to say that it is thoroughly readable; it is not dull...