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...races would not take so much time as a race run in heats. Besides, a two mile race is an unsatisfactory distance. It is not only an unusual and unauthorized distance. It is too short a race for long-distance men and too long for spurters. By the above plan the men would be divided according to their abilities, and two good and interesting races could be assured. We only hope the officers of the association will consider this plan for avoiding a difficulty, which unless met with will lead to more accidents and disappoitments to both the riders...
...that instead of the meeting being opened by speeches by all four of the principal disputants, two (one affirmative and one negative) should speak and the debate then be thrown open to the house, the other two principal disputants closing. Mr. Wait spoke at length in favor of this plan. The subject for the next debate is, "Resolved, That the best interests of Massachusetts demand the re-election of Gov. Butler...
...that of love and science; some by the desire of discovering the treasure of mental culture which antiquity had bequeathed, others endeavoring to kindle in a new generation the ideal enthusiasm which had animated their lives. Such was the origin of universities, based, in the conception, and in the plan of their organization, upon the most perfect freedom. But we must not thin here of freedom of teaching in the modern sense. The majority was usually very intolerant of divergent opinions. Not unfrequently the adherents of the minority were compelled to quit the university in a body. This...
...that such men as George, Snook and Cowie all prefer raised corners to level ones. We believe Dr. Sargent has it in mind to raise the corners of the new track in the spring, and we understand the college racing bicyclists are very much in favor of the plan...
...president can in no case impose a heavier penalty than that assigned to the grade fixed by the jury. The two parties to the compact are the faculty and the undergraduates, and a three-fourths vote is required for withdrawing consent to the agreement. The details of the plan have been elaborated with admirable clearness, and the experiment will begin under the most favorable conditions. A conservative college like Bowdoin in trying such an experiment contributes importantly to a solution of the difficult problem of college discipline, a government which ought to have in it a 'sweet reasonableness...