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...clip the following suggestive passage from a recent article on book-borrowing as of particular interest to college men. "Only those who love books understand the pang of losing them. A man who handles his book with firm yet tender touch, who delights to take down his pet volumes and smooth out the pages for sheer pleasure of the handling, is the genuine book lover, and by force of his love he will surely be the man who will lend and as surely lose. For it is the nature of this special attachment that the book-lover must share...
Messrs. Paul A. Garry and Co., importers and dealers in antique and modern stationery, Nos. 10 and 12 Province Court. Boston, have been added to the list of affiliated tradesmen of the Cooperative society. A discount of 10 to 15 per cent. will be given by the firm...
...crimson silk. Instead of metal eyelet protectors, which in a scrimmage often tear the fingers, the holes are worked in silk. The crimson-gray over which the jacket is worn is of heavy knitted material, as are also the hose, both being made on machinery imported by the firm. The knee-breeches are of strong and heavy Canadian homespun goods...
...doors the alleged masters, until the committee engaged John Sykes, an under-sized graduate of Harvard, but over-sized in muscle and energy far beyond what his appearance indicated. He opened school with a conciliatory address, asking the co-operation of the pupils, but ending with a firm expression of his intentions and expectations. Very soon after which Bill Gates, a "six-footer," commenced the usual rebellion and tried to trip up Sykes, who instantly collared, floored, and put his foot on the rebel, and kept it there, until Bill promised to abide by the rules of the school...
...Hoff Gook, '80, who will be remembered as the captain of the victorious tug of war team of the Law School at the last spring meeting, has been admiited to practice in the State Courts of California and in the Federal Courts. He is a member of the law firm of Cook and Cook of San Francisco