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...about 1 o'clock this morning the thermometer began to lower steadily until 4 A. M., at which time it stood 4 deg. above zero...
...reasonable explanation for this unexpected advance was given, a rumor was circulated which reflects severely on the management of the association, to the effect that the authorities, fearing that a large body of men would leave the hall on account of the increased rates, had placed a much lower price on the bulletin board than the actual one; and that the bursar, when making out his term bills, charged the correct price, five dollars per week, which ought to have been posted. As this rumor, if true, would tend to give the impression that an attempt had been made...
Being dissatisfied with his performance he attempted the feat again last Saturday, October 22, at the Polo Grounds, New York. He again failed to lower the 1/4-mile record; but time-keepers stationed at intermediate distances announced that he broke the 300-yards record and 400-yards record; and he finished the whole distance in 48 4-5 sec., or just 1-5 of a second slower than his English record. His times for the intermediate distances were as follows...
...plainly legible in all this part of the State. But as the tree has no such historic merits on which to stand, it seems eminently proper that for the general improvement in the appearance of the Yard the obnoxious beech should at least be trimmed, and deprived of its lower branches, if not of all that portion of its growth which displays itself above ground...
...take the course marked (1) before he takes the course marked (2), &c. Not so in German. On leaving the Freshman class the student might as well begin with Course 8 at once, for but little preparation for such an advanced course is to be got from the lower courses, owing to the strong sense of individuality which pervades the several members of the German department; each one working, not in accordance with a plan agreed upon by all, but in accordance with the imaginary special needs of his students...