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...additions to the class races are as wise a move as could have been made in athletics under present circumstances. There has been a tendency, becoming more marked lately, for 'varsity contests to overshadow class contests. Since in the former the first athletes of the University take part, and since on them the athletic reputation of the University is staked, they have come to absorb so much interest that other contests are, by the force of contrast if nothing else, inevitably depressed...
...example of this style of novel and although furiously attacked for the grim and sordid tastes which it details, is yet to be considered one of his best three books. A man who can draw such characters as we find in "A Modern Instance" and make them live and move in the sordid environment of a third rate journalism certainly did not merit the storm of abuse which greeted his masterpiece. It is to such works as this that future generations will turn to obtain a true picture of the commonplace American business...
...wish to state that the present managers of the Weld Boat Club have since last autumn been cognizant of the fact of the late opening of the house last spring, which was caused by the float's being so tightly frozen to the marsh that to try to move it would have meant its destruction. Accordingly care was taken this year to have the float raised on blocks before it was frozen fast, so that it could be put in on the first tide after the ice left the river. Mr. Geo. Weld kindly contributed the money to have...
...Customs Union would be economically harmful. (a) American and Canadian products are not supplementary but competitory. (b) Cheaper wages and cheaper raw material would be an inducement for our capital to move to Canada. (c) The result would be lower wages for the American...
...second game Harvard has followed her previous policy and has yielded a bishop in addition to a knight. The position which she hopes to gain by this move is so aggressive that it warrants the sacrifice. The last moves are as follows...