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...deplored that there is seldom more than one copy of those books to which the various instructors most frequently refer. This fact, however, is aggravated by the carelessness or thoughtlessness of some students, who either leave the books they consult on the tables or-what is worse put them on a wrong shelf. Hence other men finding empty spaces where they expected to find books conclude that the reference books are in use. Greater care on the part of everyone who uses the reserved books is the remedy for this evil...
...directed to read a book of which there may be perhaps two copies reserved in the library, either great care must be used, or else the majority of that section will not even see the book. That this care is used we do not believe, or rather to put it in a better form, we do not believe that sufficient care is generally exercised in the use of the books. A little thoughtfulness will save an immense amount of trouble in this respect and every man ought to employ this when at work in the library...
...deal of justice. This reserving so few copies of a book for the use of a large section is a most disagreeable feature in several courses, but any unfairness or carelessness merely adds to this, without mitigating it in the slightest. So long, then, as we are compelled to put up with it, we trust that every man will do his share towards making the burdens as light as possible...
...have an indefinite idea of the location of the ladders, and doubtless one or two might be put into position in time enough to save a few men from a burning dormitory, but in all sudden alarms there is of necessity a great deal of excitement and confusion, and "what is everybody's business is nobody's business." Now a trained and efficient life-saving service might be organized if the men of each building should select some one to take command of their body in case of fire, and on an alarm, should assemble at the place where...
...life could be averted. It seems as if the Athletic Association might take the initiative, and organize companies for practice with the apparatus, for some one must be first in a movement like this, and an organization so powerful as the H. A. A. would be able to put the project on a firm footing at once...