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COPIES of the first number of the present volume of the Crimson are much desired, and all who possess such copies, and do not care to preserve them, will confer a great favor by leaving them at Sever's, where twenty-five cents apiece will be paid for them...
...emphatic vote last week of the Board of Overseers against open scholarships means anything, it is that the existing scholarships shall be given to those actually and at present in need of them. With this vote to guide them, those to whom the assignment of the scholarships is in trusted ought clearly to understand and perform their duties henceforth, if, as it seems, they have not heretofore. By inspecting the list of scholarships published in the Catalogue, one cannot help believing that they were awarded exclusively according to the rank list, though not a single donor, excepting the class...
...full extent of his means; and we trust that the members of the Class of '80, who have always been so liberal in their contributions to subscription-lists, will not fall behind in subscribing to the Class fund, the last and most pressing call upon the liberality of the present Senior class. The fund is a class fund, for the purpose of defraying all future class expenses; and by the liberality of the subscriptions is shown the interest that the each man takes in the future prosperity of all the under takings of his own class. It seems a very...
...very large aggregate premium for insurance. That there is a chronic want of money for improvements, and even for necessary expenses, is not the fault of those who manage the finances of the College, but because too little has been so devised that it can be employed for present needs. If there were funds available, it would perhaps be advisable for the College to insure itself, by yearly putting aside a certain amount - say one half of what the insurance would be - as a sinking-fund, to provide against the losses by fire which must inevitably occur from time...
...needs we have long felt to be unsupplied. It has been said that the beams, from which it was supposed the apparatus was to be hung, are too high. The effect of the interior would have been marred by placing the beams any lower, while by the present method a great advantage is gained. An iron framework is fastened to the timbers, on which are running beams and eyes that can be placed at any desired point...