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...matter of putting a desk and railing in the auditor's room - these repairs were found to be absolutely necessary, since the auditor did not have sufficient office room in which to transact the necessary business. There was no place up stairs in which to keep securely the books and papers of the office, consequently they were kept in a very inconvenient place down stairs. By the new arrangement the auditor can keep all his books and papers in his office, and thus ensure a speedy and convenient transaction of all business...
...opera-house and hotel managers. These stood outside the gate and "rubbed their hands with glee as the lucre rolled in." What depth of expression and of insight into human nature is here expressed. A poor, common-place mortal would have supposed those hackmen were rubbing their hands to keep warm, but the poetic soul of this Yale editor saw that the motion displayed "glee as the lucre rolled in." Just where or into what the lucre rolled he neglects to tell...
...this supposes that you realize the position; that you fill up the measure of the opportunities; that you keep in view at once the professional life, the citizen life and the life of intellectual tastes. The mere professional man, however prosperous, can not be a power in society, as the Arts' graduate may become. His leisure occupations are all of a lower stamp. He does not participate in the march of knowledge. He must be aware of his incompetence to judge for himself in the greater questions of our destiny; his part is to be a follower...
...began to pitch in his junior year, and Tyng, though he played in the nine during his whole course, never caught until he became a senior. Not many, however, are willing to spend so much time as candidates, and some method should be devised by which such men could keep in practice and at the same time not find it such dry work as it is at present...
...return of Professor Dunbar in September the teaching force in this department will be reduced to one, that one being Professor Dunbar. The corporation offering no inducements to Dr. Laughlin to remain, it is said that he is now negotiating for a post elsewhere. Harvard, he says does not keep up with current thought in political and economic questions. The Toppan prize, the Cobden Club essays, the debates of the Union and "the experiments in practical economy constantly tested at Memorial Hall (very 'economical' if not practical) and the Co-operative Society" illustrate Harvard's interest in practical economic discussions...