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...meeting of the Freshman class last night in Upper Massachusetts a constitution was adopted which differs in two respects from that of the Sophomore class. Two clauses regarding the manner of Freshman nominations and elections have been omitted, and a clause has been inserted, contradictory to last year's text, that no one holding office during a previous year is eligible for reelection...
...club for walkers may do in its own field in a similar manner and for a larger clientele what the very analogous yacht and Binnacle clubs and the Anglers' club now do, respectively, in their fields. It should, by disseminating information in regard to attractive walks, short cuts, comfortable and inexpensive inns, etc., serve as a focus for all the walking interests of the University...
Otherwise the series will be conducted in practically the same manner as last year. The teams will be grouped in sections, each team will play every other team in its section, and the team in each section which obtains the highest percent of games won will be considered the winner of its section. The winning teams of the sections will then play for the championship. The National League rules of this year will be used...
There was no man more widely known through the University among undergraduates, and those in the professional schools. Professor Shaler's lectures were popular, and numbers of men who were not taking the course came through sheer interest in what would be said, and in the manner in which it would be said. His use of the English language was notable for its forcible and original choice of words, and the apt expression of those turns of thought which will always be associated with his keen sense of humor...
...keen susceptibilities and sympathies; gifted, furthermore, with a remarkable creative power in English expression, especially in extempore speech, pungent, vivid, finding always--if sometimes he had to make it--the fit word; impetuous, generous, the soul of honor, scornful of meanness and falsehood, swift in thought and manner, too swift at times for sluggish wits...