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...teach oratory. Assuming that the old inability is still upon us, colleges that forty years ago miserably failed to teach oratory still cry out, "We care not. Let a man pick up his oratory. Go and be like Edward Everett and Wendell Phillips, if you can; but don't bother us asking from us the impossible...
...have played in the last three or four games are given below. Harding is slow in getting through the rush line, and if he would start quicker and slow up at the finish, he would do better. He ought to pay more attention to his game and not bother with the rusher opposite him quite so much. He tackles hard and low, and keeps his eyes open. On the whole he is about as good as any man in the rush line. Butler is slow in getting through. He runs hard and follows the ball well...
...dressing-rooms are very convenient, and since a mirror has been hung in the hall, the girls seem to appreciate them; they do away with the bother of going to the rooms to prepare for exercise, making the operation much quicker and easier. Each room is furnished with a stool, hooks, and a locker for the suits...
...with a firm in Boston where goods can be obtained at a discount varying from ten to fifteen per cent. The treasurer will also have a stock of plates and other articles on hand in Cambridge. He will sell these to members at reduced rates. In this way the bother of going to Boston will be avoided...
...more, it is embarrassing in the extreme to all men present to see an officer, elected to conduct their meeting, blunderingly ask advice of his secretary, of his nearest friend, of anybody who will give it. True, our meetings do not occur very frequently and students hate to bother about mere parliamentary tactics, as long as the business in hand is quickly accomplished. But for this very reason, to avoid parliamentary haggling and to expedite matters, the chairman should know the ABC of Cushing's or Roberts' manual. It cannot be urged that the offices are unexpectedly thrust upon...