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Prof. Bell, the electrician, is reported as saying in a recent conversation that there are more than 500,000 telephones in use in the United States, and the manufacturers are unable to supply the demand so as to keep abreast of orders...
...recent London letter to a New York daily says in relation to Prof. Lowell's election to the rectorship of St. Andrews : "We have no equivalent for this office at either Oxford or Cambridge, the undergraduates there having no voice in the election of any of their principals. Mr. Lowell ought to be pleased with St. Andrew's when he goes down to give his address. It is a picturesque old-world place, with the gray ivy-clad ruins of the ancient cathedral and castle standing in the midst of the clean, prim town, the old library, with its many...
Twenty-two members of the Glee Club participated in the recent entertainment at Lowell...
...stated that W. G. George, the English amateur champion runner, in a recent private trial, ran ten miles in 51 minutes. The best record in the world for the distance is 51 min. 26 sec. by L. Bennett (Deerfoot), made in London, April...
...changes in the foot-ball rules which were made in the recent Inter-collegiate convention seem to us to be both wise and practicable. The alteration in the number of points that a safety and a touchdown count is manifestly a much fairer valuation than that which the old method employed. Rule 17 which reads "a player cannot be off-side play. Rules 19 and 38 as now amended seem to cove the points they bring up, much more satisfactorily than the old ones. A most judicious change has also been made in having the games for the future refereed...