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...just as effective as an ill-willed noise in keeping a man awake; and as sleep is of such vital importance to the teams, we ask every man to make a point first of keeping quiet himself and second, of reminding anyone else, stranger of friend, who may need the hint, of the necessity of quiet for the sake of the teams. L. P. DODGE. C. R. LEONARD. J. RICHARDSON...
...Harvard alone in the movement. All the colleges are beginning to realize that, much as we need intercollegiate athletics, we need something more, in order to put athletics in general on a proper footing. Dr. Born, speaking for Yale, points out that the intercollegiate athlete is physically away ahead of the average student (a strong argument in itself for intercollegiate athletics), and that by more general participation the physical vigor of the whole student body will be increased. The Daily Princetonian, voicing the Princeton undergraduate sentiment, says: "We do not believe intercollegiate contests to be harmful, but rather a most...
...Fifthly, the unit of area for taxation is so defined geographically that a just system of taxation has in many cases become impossible, and great wastes in the various branches of the city administration are inevitable." One of the most important causes is that "the practices of corporations that need public franchises have been often corrupt." And finally, "legislative remedies for these evils have been hindered by a false theory that a city ought to be an independent entity managing all its own affairs, and accepting neither aid nor control from the state...
Side by side with the crying need for a new gymnasium stands the necessity of more improved land for the promotion of our ever-growing intracollegiate athletics. The increasing interest that has been taken of late in that kind of sport is a most healthy manifestation, which deserves, in the estimation of the most ardent supporter or the most vehement opponent of intercollegiate athletics, every possible encouragement. And yet, of Soldiers, Field only 24 acres, or less than half of its total area, are available for use. The cricket team was driven out of existence by the pressure of other...
...world, now contains 37,449 books and pamphlets, 1,801 having been added during the past year. Professor Pickering strongly emphasizes the fact that this most valuable collection "is, however, in constant danger of destruction by fire, and is scattered through the rooms of the observatory," making the need of a new structure imperative. The photographic department is especially valuable, as it enables the observatory to trace the history and variations of a star while most other observatories must base their calculations on its present conditions...