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...standard for passing examinations at Cornell has been raised from 60 to 70 per cent...
...from the object for which they are sent to college, I think, in order not to give an unfair picture, it should be stated that side by side with the increase in athletics, there has been a marked increase in the intellectual activity of the students. Formerly 33 per cent. was the minimum required in each course for a degree, I believe. Now the minimum is 40 per cent., and in addition to that, the student must stand above 65 per cent. in at least one-quarter of his studies...
...tariff would hurt the wage-earner." The discussion was opened for the affirmative by Mr. C. M. Thayer, '89. He said: We can see what would result from a reduction of the tariff by taking the wire industry as an example. In this country about ninety per cent. of the cost of production goes to the laborer. The raw material costs about as much as it does abroad. If the tariff is removed wages must fall or the industry cease. Why, it costs but seventeen and a half per cent. more for the needs of life here than in England...
...cent. liquor law went into effect in Cambridge on Monday. Adam's Welsh rarebits are now made with milk instead of beer, and even the innocent ginger ale is barred...
Some inquiring mind has put a slip among the "Notes and Queries," in the Library, asking: "How many men at Harvard are in favor of prohibition? If you don't know, guess." There are several answers, denoting a varied process of guesswork: 96 per cent.; 2 per cent.; 47 per cent.; 53 per cent.; 90 per cent.; 10 per cent.; 66 2-3 per cent.; 33 1-3 per cent.; 0 per cent.; 1-5 per cent, and 1-100 per cent...