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...Erothingham has been elected a member of the Cobden Club...
...real truth is, however, that the weighing-machine is designed to detect the presence of British gold in the pockets of the students. Dr. Hamlin has asserted that the Cobden Club bribes our college students to write free trade essays. Doubtless he suspects that some of his own students have the price of their shame in their pockets, and he intends to satisfy his mind by weighing the suspected men. This is an excellent plan, and it is to be hoped that the weighing-machine will prove trustworthy and that Dr. Hamlin will thus be spared the necessity of passing...
...Cobden Club medal has been awarded to Mr. T. K. Frothingham of the class...
...reduced to one, that one being Professor Dunbar. The corporation offering no inducements to Dr. Laughlin to remain, it is said that he is now negotiating for a post elsewhere. Harvard, he says does not keep up with current thought in political and economic questions. The Toppan prize, the Cobden Club essays, the debates of the Union and "the experiments in practical economy constantly tested at Memorial Hall (very 'economical' if not practical) and the Co-operative Society" illustrate Harvard's interest in practical economic discussions...
...Cobden Club, of England, offer a silver medal, under the auspices of the Harvard Finance Club, to any present under-graduate of Harvard College for the best essay on some economic subject...