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ALARMING rumors have of late been circulating among us, in regard to certain proposed encroachments on the privileges of the students in Jarvis Field. The old shanty, it was reported, and the seats, were to be removed, the land to be graded even with the road, and restrictions to be placed on ball-playing and the other athletic games, of a nature to seriously cripple the interests of these sports. As usual, these reports have greatly exaggerated the facts, and we are glad to be able to present the true state of the case as gathered from official sources...
...Every Saturday, after the issue of October 31, is to be merged in Littell's Living Age, its old and more pretentious rival. There seems to be no good reason for the maintenance of two eclectic magazines which cover nearly the same ground, and we have no doubt that whatever we lose in the Every Saturday will be gained in the increased vigor of the conduct of the Living...
...Corporation promised that the price of board should not be greater than it had been at the Thayer Club, the only improvements the new club could promise were a beautiful hall instead of an old, tumble-down railroad-depot, neat and trained negro-waiters instead of untidy Irish women, and the prospect of food somewhat better than at the old Commons, owing to the increase in the numbers of the club, and to the skill and experience of a professional steward. In respect of all these the club is certainly far ahead of the old railroad-depot. The waiters...
...would not suggest a course of professional reading, but the perusal of works which give polish and culture. To many the question must naturally arise, "What shall I read?" In answer, we can do no better than quote the words of an old writer on the same subject: "In brief, sir, study what you most affect." The remark is full of truth, and it seems only natural that whatever most interests us we shall study and read to the greatest effect...
...with all of us. Favorite books become old friends, and through their works we feel a sort of friendship and brotherhood with the authors themselves...