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About 35 taxicabs will be stationed at the Union at 2 o'clock for the use of any persons present at the dance. The minimum charge for the use of these taxicabs is $2, but if a greater amount than this is registered on the meter the occupants will be liable for the amount registered...
...given by Harvard examiners. Many schools are obliged to give preparation for a dozen or more colleges in the same classes, but so long as the Board examinations offer a common avenue from the many schools to the many colleges the difficulty of the transition is reduced to a minimum. Except in a limited number of schools which send nearly all their boys to Harvard the Board examinations will probably tend more and more to displace the Harvard examinations...
Another bad feature of the present admission requirements is the latitude which is allowed in the choice of subjects. A minimum of ten examinations is required from a pamphlet of thirty-four. Surely if it has been found wise to restrict the elective system in the College, it should be eliminated from the preparatory school...
...Resolved, That the football rules committee of this association be instructed to use every possible endeavor to bring about such a modification of the rules as shall in their judgment tend to reduce to a minimum the dangers of physical injuries to the players and at the same time retain, so far as possible, the most desirable and wholesome features of the game...
...namely, the engine. It is the inefficiency of the motive power which has and still does limit the range and speed of the heavier-than-air machine. It is on the engine that French scientists are now putting their greatest efforts. To get the maximum horse-power with a minimum weight is the present problem of aeronautics. If the engine ceases to supply power the aeroplane has to descend and if this happens over a country devoid of suitable landing places the results are bound to be serious...