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...students of Princeton to perpetuate the "honor" system in examinations which has been in vogue the last three years in all departments of the university. Heretofore the system has been something in the nature of an experiment, and no hard and fast rules have been laid down for its control. But so successfully has the system worked during its three years' trial that both faculty and students are heartily in favor of it. Accordingly a mass meeting of the college has been held, at which a constitution regulating the new honor system was adopted. This was considered necessary...
...guarantors will, by their subscription, become members of the Association of guarantors, in which rests the ultimate control of the enterprise; and in due time they will be summoned to a meeting to hear the report of the board of editors and to elect their successors; but the guarantors assume no financial responsibility or risk beyond the amount of their responsibility. The board holds itself responsible to them for the conduct of the review. Each guarantor will receive a copy of the Review during the continuance of the guarantee...
...CRIMSON will have control of a blackboard placed beside the Carey Building, on which will be scheduled the score by innings of the 'varsity game at Princeton. The make-up of the teams will be as follows...
...ground for China and Japan, and she has received slight consideration from either. For three hundred years the Coreans have paid tribute to China and Japan. In 1875 the Japanese acknowledged Corea's independence, and it has since been a kind of "Monroe Doctrine" that no other nation should control her future. This was one of the strongest motives in the war. Other causes were the maintenance of her commerce and the traditional enmity to China; but the desire to hold the balance of power in the east was sure to bring about war sometime...
Open hostilities began with the sinking of the Kow-Shing, July 25. Soon after the Chinese were crushingly defeated in the land battle of Ping Yan, which gave Japan control of Corea. It will undoubtedly be reckoned among the decisive battles of the world. The next day the Japanese were victorious in the great naval battle at the mouth of the Yalu. This gave them control of the sea and opened the way to the Gulf of Pechili, as the battle at Ping Yan had cleared the approaches to Manchuria. These two battles practically decided the war. The Chinese were...