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...that they tend to produce too great exclusiveness, and to magnify class distinctions, is met by the reply that class feeling is a good thing, and that the experiment of university societies for social purposes failed at Yale. It is sometimes claimed that the senior societies govern the college press. The fact that on the editorial boards of all the papers except the Yale Literary Magazine, the non-society men greatly outnumber the society men, efficiently disproves this. The charge of favoritism, the writer dismisses as almost groundless, and asserts that many instances have been known where an intimate friend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SOCIETY SYSTEM OF YALE. | 6/6/1884 | See Source »

...races will be called promptly at 3 P. M., and will be governed by the following rules: "Contestants will be notified before each event and must be on their marks promptly, or the event will be started without them." "Only club officials and members of the press will be allowed inside the track." "A bell will be rung at the beginning of the last lap." "No coaching the contestants allowed."No professional bicycle rider will be allowed to start any contestant." "Bicycle Union and League rules to govern the meeting." The entries include many names of note in bicycling circles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD BICYCLE CLUB. | 5/30/1884 | See Source »

...Stimson, the author of "Guerndall," has a new novel in press, entitled "Henry Vane," which is to appear this month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/23/1884 | See Source »

...Government Revenue," is the title of a recent work from the Riverside Press. The work is based on lectures delivered by the author, Mr. E. H. Roberts, before the students of Cornell and Hamilton. The book is written in opposition to free trade principles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 5/22/1884 | See Source »

...account of an accident to the press yesterday, the delivery of some of the papers was delayed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 5/9/1884 | See Source »