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...marks certainly have reached their lowest ebb; if they do not rise pretty soon, I shall be completely stranded. They have all been pretty low, but I call my last one low-water mark because I can't conceive of anything lower down than that mark...
...five cents! Many other popular fallacies refuted at equally low rates!" I noticed one peculiarity about this booth. It was higher than the rest, and had an upper story in the gallery. This upper story I found was devoted to Ethics, and seemed to attract greater crowds than the lower part of the booth...
...moreover, a practice of certain scouts, when asked how much they charge for doing the work of tenants, to reply "fifteen dollars a term," which naturally sounds somewhat lower than the janitor's price; but which, taken in connection with the fact that there are two terms in each year, places the subject in a different light. I have written this simply from a spirit of justice, and I must candidly admit that my treatment at the hands of janitors has been such as to warrant my preference for them over scouts, while my work has been better done...
...meeting in Lower Holden Wednesday evening was called to ratify the action taken by those members of the Boat Club who were present at the dinner. Considerable uncertainty was manifested as to what was really said and done at that dinner, but the Secretary's report gave a tolerably clear idea of the transactions. Cornell's challenge was accepted on these conditions: that the race be rowed at New London within one week of the Yale race, and that the same rules hold that governed the Saratoga regattas as to what constitutes a "University crew...
...meeting of the Athletic Association on last Tuesday evening was one of the largest business meetings which the organization has held. All the seats and the platform in Lower Holden were filled, and the standing-room was crowded. Mr. Thayer, '78, the President of the Association, called the meeting to order, and announced as the business of the evening the election of officers for the ensuing year. The Treasurer's report, presented by Mr. Burr, '79, was first read, and showed the Association was out of debt with a balance of more than fifty dollars on hand. This...