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...charges were exaggerated, but they rested on a slight basis of truth. In those halcyon days, tradition assures us, there was a mighty respect paid the wealthy student, however little he deserved it as an individual. The man who could afford to appear at a football game in a fur coat was counted among the lords of the earth, and if he owned a fast horse he was a very prince of fellows. The ordinary man could make his way then as well as now, but undoubtedly wealth was inclined to monopolize the centre of the stage...
...opportunity was given him. To prove this he cited instances where men had gone out and led straight lives, and read extracts from several letters, of which the most significant one was the following: "You ask me how I have been doing. I should be an awful fur if I should make a promise and then break it. You never want to be untrue to your friends, and those men back there in the league are the best friends I ever...
...graduate of Cornell. In 1894 she received the additional degree of LL.B. from Northwestern University. For several years she was state inspector of factories in Illinois. Her work in this capacity attracted the attention of Socialist leaders throughout the world. She then became American editor of the Archiv fur Sozialegetzgebung, a German Socialist publication in Berlin. For over ten years Mrs. Kelley has been general secretary of the National Consumers' League, which has done so much towards the establishment of the open market in this country...
...Meeting of Zoological Club. "Adaptation as Exhibited in the Fur Seal Herd of the Pribilof Islands," by Professor G. H. Parker, Zoological Laboratory...
...casts follow: "The Head of the Family." John Farley, O. Lyding 1G. Clara, his wife, Miss A. E. Borden Hettie, their daughter, Miss Mary Cooper Henry, their son, E. W. Hammond uC. "Alaric Jourdan's House." Alaric Jourdan, a fur trader, W. C. Woodard '12 Amelie, his wife, Miss Mariam Gragg Jim Clay, employed by the North Coast Supply Company, W. A. Searle 1G. Cast of "Kid." Sam, an enlisted man, J. K. Hodges '14 Joe, also in the navy, R. D. Whittemore '13 Jake, a newsboy, A. Jaretzki '13 A girl, Miss Charlotte Adams "The Foundlings." Lord...