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...Yale News congratulates its college on the discovery that Yale receives a larger percentage of its students from the west than Harvard. This dicovery is based upon certain statistics published by two Harvard papers which argue that since the number of students at Yale from Connecticut and New England is nearly stationary and the per cent from the west is increasing, while the per cent. of such men at Harvard is more nearly stationary, Yale is laying a surer foundation for future growth than Harvard. Now the fact is that Yale started much ahead of Harvard in the west...
...before every room is filled. The greatest result up to date, from the establishment of these improved tenements is the renewed interest taken in legislation concerning tenements-a thing which may do much good if well done. He ended by saying that the poor may be responsible to a certain extent for their ignorance, laziness and viciousness but they are not, in large cities, responsible for their homes. There is room for large charity as well as for good business in this direction...
...trouble at the Yale Sheffield Scientific school between Professor Honey and the members of his class has resulted more seriously than was at first expected. Professor Honey refused to allow the students to use any instruments other than those purchased of a certain dealer; as these instruments cost more than others equally good purchased of other dealers the students refused to buy them. Professor Honey has felt obliged to sever his connections with the school. He says in a communication, that the students were required to provide themselves with a certain instrument and were recommended to purchase...
...course impossible thus early to predict the effect of the new regulation upon the chances of a dual league. This much is certain, however, that it cannot by any possibility become a barrier to the desired result. It seems to us clear, therefore, that the ultimate effect of the recent vote of the Athletic committee will simply be to free our intercollegiate athletics from many disagreeable complications such as those which have come into prominence this college year, and to tighten the bonds already existing between Harvard and Yale until they are at last drawn together into a dual league...
...last year's varsity boat except Pelton and Knapp are back in college. Norrie, who stroked the victorious freshman crew in '88, will probably stroke the crew. Especial efforts will be made to turn out a good crew, as the race with Cornell next June is certain to be a hard...