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...related that the last time Mr. Gladstone went to Nice to recuperate, a friend found him in the garden one day writing page after page of what seemed to be an important public dispatch. He apologized for the interruption. "Not at all," said the prime minister; "I am only writing in reply to an Eton boy who wrote to me on a point in Homer." He confessed that he did not know his questioner; but it was a pleasure for an old Etonian to spend his holiday in satisfying the desire for knowledge...
...present weather continues, Fresh Pond will soon be in prime condition for the Hockey Club...
...year 1884-85. During the last year the committee in whose hands lies the management of this school has been changed by the addition of Prof. D'Ooge, of the University of Michigan, and by the resignation of Prof. Gurney of Harvard, who was one of the prime starters in the establishment of the school...
...prime foundation of the evil of alcoholism is found in the fine theories which pervade society about moderate drinking. Every man that ever became a drunkard has expatiated on the beauties of the "golden mean." The lecturer dwelt at length on this error, and illustrated its danger...
EDITORS HERALD-DRIMSON-Last week you advocated through your columns an improvement in the sponge bathtubs in the gymnasium. The only drawback to the plan suggested was its expense, which would be considerable. Expense is always a matter of prime importance where the funds are small. Now that expense may not be a hindrance to this much needed reform and consequent improvement, I would like to suggest another plan of accomplishing the desired result. It is, instead of tearing the tubs to pieces and resetting them satisfactorily, to place in the bottom of each of the tubs as they stand...