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...Lend me your ears," quoted a Chicago orator, and a wicked St. Louis man who was present said it was a big loan to negotiate in Chicago...
...cars which the Union Railroad Company has so kindly fitted up as smoking cars for the convenience of the students, present a very fine appearance. They are painted white and have the words, "smoking car," painted in large letters on the sides, and also on the ends, so that they may be easily distinguished from the others. The means for ventilation are very good, there being two large ventilators in the roof besides the two rows of small windows at the top. They are to run every fifteen minutes...
...article as follows: "The Acta hopes that this slight change may be but the precursor of greater ones in the marking system itself. As the college course becomes more and more elective, and Columbia takes on more of the character of a university, the marking system, in its present form, must lose ground." The marking system in vogue in most of our American colleges has been strongly attacked by nearly every member of the college press, and is generally regarded as one of those relics of old-fogyism that are being constantly exterminated from our progressive institutions. That the marking...
...second day's session of the Zeta Psi Fraternity was held at Syracuse, Thursday, with about 175 members present. The convention adjourned to meet at Boston, Jan. 4 and 5, 1883. The following are the officers of the grand chapter for the ensuing year: Augustus Van Wyck of New York, Edwin N. Benson of Philadelphia, S. A. Chapin of San Francisco, D. Cady Gere of Syracuse, Charles B. Everson of Syracuse and E. A. Duryea of Brooklyn...
...physicians of the late President Garfield have had a consultation relative to fees. It is said that Dr. Bliss has taken charge of all the claims, and will present them to the congressional committee. It is understood that he will ask for himself $50,000; for Agnew and Hamilton $25,000 each; for Reyburn $8,000; and for Dr. Boynton and Mrs. Dr. Edson $1000 each. Dr. Woodward and Surgeon-General Barnes will get nothing, because they were in government employ, but it is said they are to be promoted as a recompense for their services...