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...from old members who will increase their present subscriptions. These latter ought not, if there were any alternative, to be called on to contribute now. They have already given liberally; and there are others, probably, who will derive benefit from the society's continuance, who have not subscribed a cent. Nevertheless, it is not the time now to hesitate over such considerations as these. If there is any man who has not given to the limit of what he would pay rather than have the society go down, he should, without waiting to see what others will...
...effect of this action was immediate. The local tradesmen who had formerly kept prices up to a most unfair standard by their concerted action, were compelled to make immediate reductions. In fact, the leading book-sellers advertised the works required by students at a drop of nearly 30 per cent. from the prices demanded the year previous to the formation of the society. Such a result as this naturally was properly appreciated by the students, and they have entered so thoroughly into the spirit of the reform that its success is now assured. After seeing what has been accomplished...
...year. Of the outside of the great building on Boylston street it is needless to speak ; it is familiar to most of the undergraduates either by personal observation or photographs. Few of them, however, see the inside, and it is not till after graduation that a certain large per cent of the A. B's who have enrolled themselves in the school become familiar with...
...indeed, the students, and not the superintendent and directors, are to blame, but we do feel that the best of judgment has not always been exercised in making purchases. For instance, there is in stock about $35 worth of calendars, worth now at the nearest junk-shop about a cent and a half a pound. It speaks well for our habits of cleanliness that the superintendent felt justified in laying in such a large stock of soap, but we think that nearly $250 worth is just a little too much. But these matters can be corrected when the society gets...