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...waiters at Memorial was handed over to the tender mercies of the law last evening. It seems he was discharged by Mr. Balch, but before leaving undertook to break into the place where the waiters' clothes were kept, whereupon he was promptly removed by the steward. As he continued to be troublesome two officers were summoned and given charge over...
...National Amateur Lacrosse Association. It is certain had the lacrosse men depended entirely for aid on the college at large the record of the lacrosse team would not present the almost uninterrupted series of victories that it does. But still, that external sympathy could not take the place of home support was shown by the fact that for about two years lacrosse hung between life and death. Indeed it was deemed of so little consequence, and the attempt to introduce it was thought to be so hopeless, that there is no mention made of the game in the college papers...
...Bicycle Club dinner which took place last evening was a decided success. More members of the club were present than upon any such former occasion, there being thirty-six in all which included a few non-members. Speeches were made by representatives from the different athletic organizations who were present, and many enjoyable songs were sung, especially by Mr. Dorr and Mr. Lowell. Mr. T. J. Coolidge made a pleasing success in the position of toastmaster, and Mr. Dorr also added greatly to the success of the evening as chorister. It was shown that the interest in bicycling is reviving...
...rapid increase in the membership, which was well sustained till the end of the year by the facilities offered for the sale of second hand goods. No names were added during the summer, but at the beginning of the academic year a second large accession to the number took place, owing to the entrance of the freshmen and the demand for books and fall supplies, and later for coal, which the society at that time added to its lists...
...reasonable to expect that the membership will then be somewhat larger than it is at present, owing to the increasing scope of the society and the wider recognition of its services, together with the decrease in the pressure required to make men join, which will inevitably take place, as the familiarity with the society and its workings becomes more general...