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...bagged - what do you think? - one partridge, one quail, and the tail-feathers of a blue-jay. On comparing notes, our feelings were somewhat relieved on learning that no one had missed a really fair shot, that if they had had a dog they would have secured a large number of birds, etc., etc. The birds, they said, flew with surprising rapidity and a startling noise, and as they had always been told that it was dangerous to carry a gun on full cock, they really had not time to cock it and bring it to the shoulder before...
...Such vacancies are expected to be filled partly from the new Freshman Class, partly from the members of the other class Nines. At present there are four men practising for the vacant places, and there are at least three more who will shortly commence gymnasium work. Out of this number it is to be hoped that a first-class Nine will be selected next spring. Owing to the shortness of the fall season, and the incompleteness of the Nine, much cannot be accomplished before cold weather sets...
MORE than four hundred new German books have been received this week at the College Library, and so rapidly is the number of books there increasing that enough shelves to hold two thousand volumes are soon to be added...
...that there should be a few friendly games among those who were desirous of joining, and then those should form a club who could win a game from some player of known merit, after being given a certain amount of odds; then after the tournament was over the number of members should be limited, and membership only be offered to those who could win a game from some member of the already established club...
...have received the Brunonian in its new form, and a very bright and well-appearing paper it is. It adheres to the plan of printing a longer and more pretentious story than is usual in college papers; but if the attempt is always as successful as in the present number, the Brunonian need print no shorter pieces. The editorial articles are evidently interesting to the students of Brown, and in keeping with the local character of the paper...