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There has been put in the Princeton gymnasium a kicking weight, for strengthening the muscles used in punting and dropkicking...
...young ladies, it says, after vainly entreating Chief Shaw to form them into a fire company, have voted that he is a mean old thing, and have organized a fire company closely modeled upon those to which men belong. "That the Girton girls should endeavor to fit themselves to put out their own fires is, of course, laudable. Although there is no danger that Girton College will be set on fire by careless smokers, it is still always possible that a student absorbed in midnight study may accidentally set fire to her front hair and by hurriedly throwing it away...
...this sum, about $400,000 has been raised, one half being received from citizens of the North. The university is located at Lexington, Va., in the center of large coal fields and in the neighborhood of extensive iron ore mines, where every facility will be afforded students to put into practice the scientific knowledge acquired in the class room. To aid in the establishment of a thorough school of mines, some $200,000 is needed, and as Washington took so much interest in this particular university, it seems peculiarly fitting that his birthday should be made the occasion of such...
...best very oppressive nothing can please them better than the prompt acquiescence in their demands for subscriptions. All those who have already subscribed should pay up, and all those who have not subscribed should seize time while it flies, and before they have recovered from their better feelings put down their names...
...Walk in an easy, graceful style. Do not be afraid, put your feet firmly on the ground...