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...that the photographs will last, or at least are expected to last, long after we have forgotten the few cents more or less that we now pay for them. Still they should bear in mind that any considerable increase over the usual price will make a difference in the number that can be purchased. Whether the Seniors are to have good pictures of a few friends, or ordinary ones of a good many, is a question for the Committee to decide; and we have no doubt that their decision will be a wise...
...books of every description are sure to suit the tastes and needs of at least a few men, yet were he to inquire for some of the standard books of reference he would find but one copy, which alone has to serve for the constant use of a large number of men. In courses in history and philosophy, especially, there is need of at least two or three copies of certain works. The instructor, when he says to a large division, the majority of whom do not feel like buying a five or ten dollar book for one month...
...Senior class have been abusing the privilege of voluntary recitations. Accordingly this privilege has been taken away from them for the space of two months, and the Faculty have warned others that they were in danger of having their privilege taken away in a like manner. No fixed number of cuts is allowed, but each man's case is treated by itself; hence it is impossible to regulate one's cutting by any fixed rule, and each must decide for himself what "abusing the privilege "means; and if any man's interpretation does not happen to agree with that...
...noticeable that a greater part of the department for the Fall numbers is given to silly foot-ball matches and other boyish nonsense which make Eastern colleges a laughing-stock in the eyes of sober-minded people. It is all well enough to have a foot-ball game once in a while for a little exercise, but for a number of colleges to take more interest in such things than they do in their studies, is a peculiar product of Eastern superiority. - Michigan Chronicle...
...college songs seemed to please much better; a number were encored, and "Michael Roy" was actually received with enthusiasm...