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...recent extensive robbery at the boat-house certainly demands serious attention. How unfortunate and unpleasant it is can be appreciated fully by only those who met with the loss. The experience has been so expensive that it is to be hoped that the profit derived from it will be in reasonable proportion to the expenditure. Some months ago, almost every day it was found necessary to chronicle considerable thefts at the gymnasium, but by due care the evil was finally removed, for all time let it be hoped. The authorities of the boat-house owe it to all interested...
Considerable surprise has been expressed that the expenses bore such a large proportion to the receipes. The profit on the Boston performances was decreased by the deficit ($378.13) in New York and Philadelphia. The New York deficit was caused mainly by hiring an orchestra at the Madison Square Theatre at the price of $250. This was rendered necessary by the sickness of the musical manager, who was to have collected a cheaper orchestra in New York. In order that there may be no misunderstanding in future, the Boat Club and any society giving theatricals for the benefit of the crew...
...take these courses, and that he must not overload himself if he wishes to gain the greatest possible amount of advantage from each course. Therefore he is obliged to "weed out" the less desirable courses until he has left the amount of work he thinks he can do with profit in three years. This is one consideration in choosing electives. Another and an equally important consideration is the arrangement in the groups for examinations. Of course where there are so many good courses it is impossible to prevent several desirable courses from conflicting. In fact it often becomes absolutely necessary...
Complain and find fault as you may, you must acknowledge that the modern miss is, after all, a pretty nice institution and one that you wouldn't care to part with. Why grumble at their vanity, you silly fellow, when you are the only one to profit by it! Yours...
...will not meet again for a month, so that petitions to the board of directors are very much like the pension claim of the old soldier who had calculated that, should everything go smoothly, his great grandchild would have to live to be ninety-six years old to profit by his wounds. Another very curious thing is the fact that if one dines out but two nights in the week beef is always marked twenty-five cents all the other nights of that week. I have studied over this problem and have dined out of the hall on different nights...