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...recent excursion of the Mechanical Engineers of the Institute of Technology was voted a complete success...
...interview last week, Dr. McCosh said of the recent Princeton troubles: "We did not proceed at once to discipline our young gentlemen, believing that they had been very properly arrested by the town authorities and punished according to law. Since their action we have suspended those found guilty. Stung by the odium cast on the college by the late riotous proceedings, all of the students, save three or four who were absent at the time, have signed a pledge not to indulge in it during their college course. During my presidency of about ten years I have always demanded pledges...
...recent vote among the parents of the students of Pennsylvania University shows a large majority in favor of compulsory attendance at chapel...
There appeared in a recent number of the Bicycling World an article in which it was claimed that the bicycle was a practical road machine for all seasons of the year. The writer gave his experience in winter riding, an asserted that he found very little difficulty in making fair time on the snow. Winter riding on a bicycle may be enjoyable to some, but we must confess a weakness for a sleigh. Numb fingers, slippery going, and frequent and unavoidable falls and dismounts do not seem to us the most enjoyable features of bicycling. Winter, in our opinion...
...Oyly Carte has resigned the active management of the Wilde, though he still is general superintendent of his affairs. The lyceum bureaus now "run" him. A recent paper says: "It is conceded that he has considerable ability, but he is so very soft, and so utterly lacks strength of character, that he cannot help making himself and his 'movement' ridiculous. It is said that he applied to Carte the other day to supply him gratis with a private secretary and a valet, and that his request was politely refused...