Word: exceptionality
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...system of "scrambling" for courts or of one man reserving for private use the best court to be found, is unjust to the extreme and we hope that another year of dissatisfaction will be more fruitful in reform. Some persons have always insisted upon the inutility of the association except to a select few, and they may now feel reassured in their opinion by the present management of tennis matters...
...rule is being enforced at Washington, that no clerk shall be absent from his department for more than 30 days in one year, except by special permit, and then without...
...latter responded, and although the prospects at first favored the freshmen, as they had about twenty more men, the cane was "whooped up" into Reed Hall, the rendezvous of the seniors, before the sophomores' muscle, and a complete victory resulted for the upper class. The sophomores wore no garment except pantaloons, and had the upper part of their bodies greased. The rush was one of the most hotly contested in college history and occupied three quarters of an hour...
Complaint is made of the oppressive secrecy preserved by all at Yale with regard to the crew. Of the new boat it is said : "There has been a dreadful mystery hanging over this boat. No one except members of the crew has been allowed to see it and all information in regard to it has been kept profoundly secret. Under-classmen have refrained from talking about it lest they might become disliked. A portion of the boat-house has been divided off from the rest by a partition and a very small door with a very large lock has been...
...York Tribune says editorially: "The college boat races this year will attract more than usual attention from persons who are interested in such matters. Since Yale and Harvard withdrew from the Inter-collegiate Rowing Association, after having decided that they did not like to be beaten, except in an exclusive way by each other, their crews have won three races each. This year the contest is the rubber. Yale, Harvard and Columbia now have their men in vigorous training. The crews are better than they were last season. Each has several men who have rowed in races before...