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...ought to bear in mind, namely, that the society is, so to speak, a family institution, existing only for the benefit of those connected with the university, and with no other purpose. It has not for its object any injury to the trade of dealers in Cambridge or any lowering of their general scale of prices, but merely the providing of the members with needed goods at the lowest possible cost. This seems silf-evident, but it is not always borne in mind by members or by outsiders. We learn that the superintendent has sometimes been hampered in his efforts...
...concluded that the direct causes of accident were from the giving way, or pressure outward, of pile support and improper construction, allowing the second or upper platform to fall, with its human weight combined with the weight of material of construction, which would require more than ordinary construction of lower platform to resist. This style of platform should be built as a wharf, the stringers, somers and piles mortised, tenoned, and bolted together, and not simply resting on piles, as was the case here. The piles for such a structure should be driven into and down to hard...
Eight members of the club shot at Walnut Hill, yesterday afternoon. The score was lower than usual, owing to the strong wind and severe cold. Following is the summary...
...announcement that Mr. Matthew Arnold, the celebrated English critic and poet, would lecture in Sanders Theatre was sufficient to attract a large audience. Early in the evening, the audience which included many Cambridge people as well as students began to assemble, and by eight o'clock all the lower part of the house was filled, and a large number were driven to the gallery for seats. In introducing Mr. Arnold, Mr. Hart said there had been a misunderstanding, and that instead of lecturing Mr. Arnold would read several of his poems. Mr. Arnold then read for about an hour, prefacing...
...smaller societies of the college and there is no reason why the practice should not extend to the Union. The membership of the society should be extended and then its possibilities would increase. We cannot too strongly urge every man in college and especially the men in the lower classes to join the Union, and not only join the society, but join in its work, so that it can be made a feature of college life and so that its influence may be extended...