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...misfortunes of those who use it. A third cause of complaint is the new rule which interdicts the drawing of reserved books by proxy. Every student has a right to draw books, and if he chooses to transfer his right to another, signing a written order to that effect, he should be allowed to do so. The library belongs to the students, they are charged on their term bills with part of the expense of its maintenance, and its rules should be made just as flexible as possible, without injury to the common weal. No valid objection can be urged...
...rules in regard to absence from college exercises at Williams, went into effect yesterday. Practically there will be 20 cuts allowed, and a student will be permitted to spend one Sunday in each term, out of town...
...movement toward a higher and broader system of education in Harvard to day, and in particularly the attempts which are being made this year to rid the present system of puerile restrictions and conditions, show their effect nowhere more forcibly than in some of the examination papers prepared for the present mid-year examinations...
...four feet would. Every winter a mass of snow-ice accumulates on Holmes Field, sometimes to a considerable depth; none of the dire calamities which the gentleman predicts would follow artificial flooding, have ever yet occurred, and I am sure a few inches of ice will have no perceptible effect on the field in the spring...
...board of directors of the Cambridge railroad has unanimously voted that the rate of fare from Boston to any part of Cambridge, Somerville or Brighton shall be five cents, and transfer checks, except to and from Park Square cars, abolished. These changes will go into effect next Monday...