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Examinations begin at 9.15 a. m., except those specially announced below...
...proceedings of the Supreme Court are much the same except that the chief justice is either one of the professors in the school, or a member of the Court of Appeals, if there is one, or else a judge from the Supreme Court itself...
...promising men who did not come out at all last year, and there is a feeling that the prospects for a strong crew are exceedingly bright. Derby, Townsend and Duffield, of last year's crew, are now with the 'varsity. Of the other men who rowed against Yale, all except Sheppard will try this year. So far most of the coaching has been done by Fennessy, Townsend and Russell. The men are now using oars with straight arms...
...Cleveland has professed sympathy with civil service reform, especially condemning, (a) offensive partisanship, (b) contributions from office-holder, (c) removals except for cause. Cleveland's Inaugural Speech, Mch. 4, 1885, and his Letter of Acceptance...
...first place, this is absolutely no time for considering the length of a man's service of the nine, (except as that may have shown his fitness) or his class, or his society connections or anything of the sort; fitness and individual character and the ability to see clearly the conditions and to adapt himself to them, these and these only should have any weight. And fitness in this case means a clear head, a steady purpose and the quality of natural leadership. It does not imply the greatest actual ability as a baseball player any more than generalship...