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...three years I have been constantly in classes, lectures and laboratories with our lady students, and it seems strange that any one should be surprised because they "listen to the same lecture as the men, recite in the same classes," etc. I must confess that my first experience was rather a novel one, and I relate it, not for the benefit of the "student" (?) who declared that he found a young woman, within kissing distance, a "distraction," but to show how soon the novelty of such "distractions" wear off to one who earnestly devotes himself to his work. Being arranged...
...bank: Cashier - Excuse me, madame, but your account is rather overdrawn. Mrs. Maltravers (whose husband is off on business and has left her a check-book) - Oh, Mr. Cashier! that can't be possible. I've got lots of checks left yet. - [Spectator...
...truth improvements tend to decrease rather than to increase rent. Improvements in transportation obviously decrease rent, by bringing new lands into cultivation, or rendering old lands more accessible. Improvements in agriculture have the same effect. Mr. George, therefore, has neither fact nor argument to uphold...
...Courant wants the lacrosse games to be played in the fall rather than in the spring...
...their presence; and what strength should not this circumstance alone inspire! As an appropriate climax to so famous a victory, the freshmen will make a triumphant entry into the city. The line of march will be the most direct route to No. 72 Center street. The usual or rather the unusual ceremonies will follow these initiatory rites...