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Dress, lavender tights and head-dress; stripped to the waist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REGATTA WEEK AT SARATOGA. | 10/2/1874 | See Source »

Averages.- Age, 20 1/2; height, 5 feet 11 inches; weight, 150 pounds. Boat by Blaikie, 49 feet 6 inches long, 21 inches wide. Costume.- White and brown suits, brawn handkerchiefs for the head. Do not use sliding seats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REGATTA WEEK AT SARATOGA. | 10/2/1874 | See Source »

...looking over the number of names entered for Memorial Hall next year, we were surprised at seeing no more than a hundred. We attributed this lack of interest to a state of doubt on the part of some students as to whether the fare at four dollars a head would be satisfactory. There is no positive need that four dollars should be the limit of board. An arrangement might be made to supply extra dishes at so much a head to tables wishing them. In this way the price of board would not be increased, and those willing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/5/1874 | See Source »

...foreign trade to a department officered by foreigners. Its primary purpose is the collection of revenue; but its peculiar and intimate relations with Chinese officials give it special opportunities, and a powerful influence in promoting the development and progress of China in a great variety of ways. At the head of the organization is the Inspector-General, who resides in Peking, with a staff of secretaries, interpreters, and clerks; and a Commissioner of Customs, with his staff of assistants, is stationed at each of the fourteen ports of foreign trade. The salaries of employes range from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/5/1874 | See Source »

These considerations may furnish an excuse for the rather startling proposition at the head of this article: Note-Books at Examination. In college life we can master but little, yet we can learn where to look for a great deal. Whether our attention is sufficiently turned in that direction is a question I would candidly ask. Many an hour spent on rereading and memorizing notes when we have already sufficient understanding to use them as a work of reference, could be far more advantageously spent on subjects connected with our study. Notes on this outside reading would be so much...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTE-BOOKS AT EXAMINATIONS. | 6/5/1874 | See Source »