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...last number of the Advocate, in an article entitled "A Suggestion," contained one or two statements in regard to stained glass and the cost of a Memorial Window which need a little correction...
...high standard of dignity, provided we can amuse ourselves and our friends; but it is necessary, and indeed expedient, to show some regard for the expressed opinion of the alumni. They are expected to take an active interest in the management of the University, and therefore, if a large number of them take the trouble to write to the officers of the College and complain that any action of the undergraduates is unbecoming to their Alma Mater, and should therefore be prohibited, their advice ought to be followed; though in the present case our Faculty perhaps agreed with them entirely...
...limitation of three volumes to a man. Very frequently a man is reading up in some particular branch and wants to have several books by him for reference. The College Library ought to furnish him with these books, and a reasonable discretion should be allowed as to the number taken. A thousand objections may be raised, - all might take a hundred volumes more or less, - but only a few hard-working men would really desire more than the present allowance, and they are the men the Library should be for. A student in history may want several works...
...entered College regularly with the present Senior Class, and remained one of their number during the greater part of the Freshman year; but, owing to ill-health, he was obliged to discontinue his studies and finally leave College...
...Monday next M. Ley of Boston will lecture before the Club on the subject of Beaumarchais; and the following Monday "Le Mariage de Figaro," a play of this author, will be read by the Club, who have recently been presented with a number of copies of this play sufficient for the purpose. M. Bocher and M. Jaquinot have both, with their usual kindly interest in the welfare of the Club, expressed themselves ready to lecture before it occasionally. While all this is being done in the interests of the Club, it still remains a hard fact worthy of the attention...