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EDITORIAL boards are retiring about this time. In nearly every paper we have taken up, the exchange column began, "We dip our pen in gall for the last time." This seems to be a universal formula, though what it means it is impossible to say. No black ink at present manufactured can be used without "dipping your pen in gall," and unless you are always going to write with a pencil in the future, it scarcely seems necessary to mention that you use black...
...demon that has crept into the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, and at present edits the exchange column of the Niagara Index, reaches for the Crimson in the following style: "A vein of lovesick, sentimental bosh permeates the Crimson's pages. But as we have never been in love, and don't anticipate any such fatality, our censure is excusable." Poor fellow, we really pity you! The unlucky author of "Specimen Bricks" next claims his attention: "We cannot say the idiot who is responsible for the above is a brick. This article may occasionally be found embedded...
...DETAILED account of the Athletic Meeting of last Saturday is given in another column, from which it will be seen that the meeting may, on the whole, be called a very successful one. The number of spectators was large, including about two hundred ladies. The standing high jump was better by nearly two inches than any previous amateur record, and the performance on the horizontal bar much superior to anything that has been witnessed here, for several years at least. The sparring, with two exceptions, was not good, though the contestants were evenly matched and the contests exciting. The meeting...
...Standing High Jump by Mr. F. B. Keene, '80, who won the prize very handily from five competitors, and succeeded in placing a record of 4 ft. 9 in. to his credit, thus just equalling Coolidge's excellent performance of Saturday afternoon last, which is mentioned in another column. Edmands, of the Union Club, was second, with a record of 4 ft. 8 in. In the Running High Jump, R. Sturgis, '81, competed, and, after a very pretty contest, secured second place, with a record of 5 ft. 5 in.; Edmands, of the Unions, clearing 5 ft. 6 in. very...
...editor of this column begs to state that he will be most happy to answer any questions in his power, upon athletic subjects, which may be sent to him signed by any member of the University...