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...entry-book for the Beacon Park races, to be held next Friday afternoon by the Athletic Association, will be opened at the Gymnasium to-morrow morning. All entries must be made before 10 o'clock Thursday...
...Surroundings" bears the evidence of careful revision and judicious alteration. The heliotypes of the different buildings (numbered) are arranged in the same order as the letter-press description, and the map of the Yard is so numbered as to enable the visitor to make its circuit with the book in hand, without being confused by the mystical directions that are found usually in guide-books. A better selection of college interiors than in the last edition is noticeable in the present volume...
...ENTRY-BOOK for the Scratch Races is ready at Richardson...
...existence of angels. 1st Junior: "The Bible endorses the belief in angels; you know the prayer of one of the Apostles, 'Angels and ministers of grace defend us.' " Theological Student: "That is not in the Bible." 2d Junior: "Of course it is n't; it's in the book of Common Prayer, and that is no authority. Universal assent...
...books are examined and the mistakes marked without the instructor's knowing, in a single instance, whose book he examines. The names are written on a slip of paper, with the number of mistakes each has made. Then the man with fewest mistakes, say six, is given the highest mark, say 98%. This is almost exactly the relation the best man's mistakes and per cent bore at the mid year. The man with seven mistakes gets 97%, and the man with twelve gets 92%. Thus the first man loses only 1% for each three mistakes, while the others lose...