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...request of a number of friends in Cambridge, Mr. Riddle will give a reading in Sanders Theatre, probably on Thursday, May 20. Tickets will be free to students. We hope that there will be a large and appreciative audience, such as Mr. Riddle's efforts deserve, and we thank him for offering us another opportunity of hearing him in Cambridge...
Will you be kind enough to answer the following questions, and by so doing oblige quite a number of former members of the University Nine who are still interested in the Nine's success...
...drawn for. Had inquiry first been made at the Bursar's office, it would have been found that there was no cause for complaint. Only five rooms in Hollis and Stoughton together were given up, and as this is not more than a twelfth of the whole number, the Bursar was compelled, in justice to sub-freshmen, to reserve these rooms for them. Men in college seem to forget that they were ever sub-freshmen...
...another column will be found a full account of the proposed athletic meetings in which the classes are to compete. The scheme appears to us the best that has yet been devised for increasing the number of contestants, and for improving the records. By it, not only the champions of the College, but the champions of each class will be given due prominence; and to win his class-championship should be incentive enough for any one to do his best, even if he cannot bear away the highest prize. A system similar to this has largely contributed to the success...
...announced with the elective pamphlet. If then a man has three or more examinations running, it will be at his own risk. This is, it is true, a still further limitation of the elective system, but it is a necessary consequence of the grouping system. We wish that the number of groups might be extended to fifteen, in order to avoid, if possible, grouping together such courses as Political Economy 3, Spanish 3, Fine Arts 1, Fine Arts 5, and Music 3, for instance, which is now so unfortunate...