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...income to our national treasury from the fur industry alone had more than paid the price of purchase from Russia. Besides the seals and fur-bearing animals, there are vast quantities of fish in the neighboring waters, forests which surpass those of Maine, great coal fields, and petroleum and precious metals in abundance. The climate of the southern coast in winter is as mild as that of Virginia, and its only drawback is rain...
...speaks on a subject which concerns every man. It is needless to commend the lecturer to the college; all know who he is, and his reputation as a novelist is sufficient to insure a favorable reception. His added success as a lecturer only serves to make the opportunity more precious...
...students informally on questions of the day, especially on subjects connected with the college. The informality of such an occasion is its greatest advantage. The speaker is always glad to receive suggestions from the audience, and debate on the question at hand is encouraged. This is a precious opportunity. There are some evils in our University, as in every worthy institution. Why can we not talk them over here and perhaps find a way to eradicate them? Let every man give the matter careful consideration, and then attend the next conference meeting...
...hearty praise due, has been coldly passed by. There must be a change. We cannot in these days of scanty champioships afford to give up a single chance. We must have the lacrosse championship next year, and to do it we must begin practice at once; every day is precious. Princeton, eager for the prize, has been working hard all the fall. There is no better opening for new material than on this team. We call upon all men who care at all for our lacrosse honors to go out and play the rest of the fall. Freshmen especially should...
...possible selections," while at Harvard the unfortunate undergraduate is "practically turned out to grass, to nibble at his own sweet will." The Mail and Express, like a stern parent, suggests in the case of freshmen, that instead of placing the divining rod in the hand of that precious youth, it would be more fitting to apply it elsewhere. While we can hardly agree to all these opinions, there is nevertheless much good sense in this, and we feel that they do not apply to us only because of the unusual maturity of students at Harvard...