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Much complaint is made at Oxford of sneak-thieves, who boldly enter students' rooms as if they were visitors, and if they find the rooms empty, quietly help themselves to valuables. Eight rooms in Magdalen were entered in a single afternoon. Queens', Hertford and St. Mary's have also been "worked...
...Princeton; to suppose that men could do this, when they have an income of perhaps one or two hundred dollars, shows a lamentable lack of foresight. In many cases they are compelled to be within a few hours' ride from home, in order that they may return frequently to help support the family. No one, of course, can doubt for an instant that there can be derived many advantages from the Eastern colleges that are unattainable in the West; but the so-called Western colleges deserve respect and sympathy for, in a measure at least, affording to the man desirous...
...active management of the Wilde, though he still is general superintendent of his affairs. The lyceum bureaus now "run" him. A recent paper says: "It is conceded that he has considerable ability, but he is so very soft, and so utterly lacks strength of character, that he cannot help making himself and his 'movement' ridiculous. It is said that he applied to Carte the other day to supply him gratis with a private secretary and a valet, and that his request was politely refused...
...liberal portion of advertisements. While many business men realize fully the fact that thee is no better way of reaching college trade than by advertising in the college papers, there are others who think that they do not reap any advantage from advertising. Still they are willing to help support a paper for the simple reason that they wish to show themselves grateful to the students for their patronage. There is another class of people who will not advertise in a college paper because they think that the students are obliged to patronize them. A person who owns...
...Graham, the champion one-mile runner of the world, has been engaged by Mr. Robinson to help him in training the men who are practising for the mile...