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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...After a long search, the Semitic Library has secured a copy of the unrevised Talmud which was published in Amsterdam in 1645. The Talmud was subjected to revision by Christian censors who expunged from it all disrespectful references to Christianity, and copies not so treated are very rare...
...virtue of the otherwise inexcusable "club state" which enabled it to hold its own for so long was its intelligence in matters of this sort. Its trial elections weeded out in advance all wasteful short sighted nominations. But now that the clubs have given up their slate the responsibility which they used to shoulder falls on the class at large. And this responsibility can never be lived up to unless the separate members of the Senior class exercise caution and self restraint in making as well as in accepting nominations. If it is too late for the nominators...
Work was begun yesterday on a skating rink which the Athletic Committee will build on Soldiers Field across the roadway from the new boat-house. It will be rectangular in shape, 400 by 125 feet, and the abutment of the roadway will from one of the long sides. Two hockey rinks, each 125 by 58 feet, will be fenced off at the east end and the remaining space, 284 by 125 feet, will be left open. The rink is to be flooded to the depth of one foot with water supplied from a fire faucet in the boat house...
...university for the present academic year is about the same as last year. Considerable interest has been felt in the new courses of study opened this year in banking, commerce and diplomacy. Other new courses are offered in debating, one being very similar to what was so long known at Harvard as "English 6." These courses are under the direction of Dr. Alden of the English department, who was for a time connected with the English department at Harvard...
...Yale Gymnastic Association will hold two contests this year, the first on Dec. 9, and the second some time in February. The contests will consist of performances on the horizontal bar, on the parallel bar, on the long horse, and a rope climb. The man making the highest score will receive...