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...auditor's report at Memorial, for the first time for many months it must be said, presents a satisfactory showing in the management of the hall. Without any deterioration in the quality of the board, - indeed, with some improvement over the quality of the last few months of last spring, - the price per week has been kept within the limit set by the board of directors. Of course the larger number of members of the association, as well as the reduced cost of provisions, has had a considerable share in this result. The careful oversight exercised by the board...
...professorship of botany in Oxford University will soon become vacant, Mr. Lawson, its present occupant, having been appointed superintendent of the government cinchona plantations of Madras...
...decline so seriously as to prevent the formation of new contracts by the directors, and so lead to a collapse. The very fact that no capital would be sunk by the society's failure, may some day lead to lukewarmness in its support which will prove its ruin. At present, however, its success is very noteworthy, and a continuance of it will doubtless lead to the establishment of other societies formed on the same simple and harmless basis in other university towns...
...even its name is known. Eight juniors display the octagonal silver badge, and rumor has it that there are as many more sub rosa members among the sophomores. All similar attempts in the past at establishing class societies have proved failures, but we see no reason why the present one should meet a similar fate. The members are all men of high social standing, several being members of the fraternities represented here...
...understand that Mr. Taussig is to read the essay for which he received the Toppan prize at the next meeting of the Finance Club, which will probably be held next Wednesday evening. As the essay treats of the tariff question which is at present so much discussed, we feel that there will be a general desire among the students to listen to it. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the Finance Club will make their meeting an open one. Indeed, the plan of throwing open all of the meetings of the club to such men as are interested...