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DEAR HERALD : I have heard so much lately about that much-abused institution, sneeringly called the modern girl, that I just want to say a few things about her myself. I don't know whether it is "all put on" or not, but do you know that the very ones who talk the most slightingly about that "flimsy creachaw, you know," are the ones who are constantly trying to catch the "wegulah buttah-fly," and who usually get nothing for their labors but - left...
Complain and find fault as you may, you must acknowledge that the modern miss is, after all, a pretty nice institution and one that you wouldn't care to part with. Why grumble at their vanity, you silly fellow, when you are the only one to profit by it! Yours...
...whole of the first floor will be plainly finished in oak, with exposed beams slightly carved in the lecture rooms. As a precaution against fire the floors will be constructed like those in modern mills, with the exception of the upper flooring of seven-eighths inch maple. These floors will be constructed as follows: Immediately on top of beams is a layer of two-inch spruce, while above this is a flooring of seven-eighths inch maple. Another layer of hard wood is placed below the spruce and between the beams, furnishing a ceiling for the rooms below...
...room is a large brick fire-place with carved mantel. The windows are small, but arranged in such a manner that the light admitted is just where it is most needed. A railing separates the reading room from the librarian's room, which will be fitted with all the modern appliances now in ure among librarians to secure the quick delivery of volumes. This room, together with a librarian's private room, is directly over the professors' small rooms in the Mezzanine story...
...next year a new German course will be opened to seniors. Hitherto, there have been very few desirable courses in this useful language, and in general it has met with neither the success nor popularity that has attended the French courses, which are, perhaps, the best-conducted courses in modern languages that the curriculum possesses. We hope, however, that the new course will be made attractive, and, what is of equal importance, valuable, which latter can be done only by placing the course in charge of a competent instructor...