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...second nail business is merely a finishing touch to the first, and has never been known to fail. This second cover has, as you see, two holes, which serve as keyholes, the one to wind the watch, the other to turn the hands. To wind the watch, you simply put the key in the lower hole, and, whenever you have any leisure time, wind away. (The mainspring was broken.) You also see the advantage of being able to set the time to suit yourself, by means of the power to turn the hands in the upper hole. These holes serve...
...reported that Dr. Young will have Hist. 7 and Roman Law next year, although these courses are put down for Professors Macvane and Gurney, respectively...
...bath tubs in the Gymnasium have been abused. Some persons who were too aristocratic to lie down would put the cricket in the tub and sit on it. This, of course, was ruining the bottom of the tubs, and to stop it the crickets have been taken away and replaced by plank seats...
...found in the results of a semi-annual examination, the books for which were recently returned. After patient consideration we have surmised that part of the books were marked fairly. We also have ground for supposing that when the instructor was fatigued he counted the number of books, put an equal amount of numbers in a hat, and then drew them. Somehow or other only three denominations were used, consequently a large proportion of the books had either 73, 64 or 46 per cent. That from six to twelve students whose ranks varied largely last year, should...
...inevitable success of these yearly meetings should certainly prove a sufficient inducement to Harvard and Yale to try the experiment. We shall hope next year to see our representative athletes side by side with those of Yale, and predict the unqualified success of the project, should it ever be put into execution...