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Lack of originality does not prevent the last Lampoon from being quite as entertaining as usual. The front page is an excellent take-off of the "Bugville" pictures that have recently crawled into so many periodicals. The drawing on the first page, too, with its faint suggestion of Peter Newell, deserves some mention...
...present projects is not open to a single objection that was seriously urged against the plan of 1894. In that year it was argued before the Earbor and Land commission, by eminent counsel who were retained to prevent the erection of new houses back of Beacon street, that any stopping of the ebb of the tide from the Charles River Basin twice daily would injure certain channels of the harbor, but in opposition to this contention several of the most eminent engineers of the state have expressed the opinion that the tidal scour theory has no application to the conditions...
Both scenes are in the kingdom of the "Birds," who inhabit a region half way between heaven and earth and, in so doing, prevent the prayers and sacrifices of men from ascending to the Gods, at which the latter are greatly angered...
...water and of slight extent, will even be ready for their tenants by the first of next month. The building will be wired for electric lights, and for an electric call system connecting each suite with the janitor's quarters. Five stops will be placed between the floors to prevent a repetition of last week's fire...
...mass meeting on Monday night the students voted to adopt the new set of eligibility rules for athletics which were prepared by the managers of the athletic teams. The first rule is framed to prevent any possibility of professionalism, and the second to prevent an athlete from coming to Yale with no intention of serious study, stating that no man in eligible for a team unless he is a candidate for a degree in a course requiring at least two years' residence and an attendance of eight hours a week. The third rule requires one year of residence...