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...twelve years the society seems to have observed the laws of its constitution, but in 1880, all record of literary exercises at the meeting ceased...
...books of Cambridge apothecaries holding sixth-class licenses, containing the public record of their sales of liquor, are being carefully examined by the authorities, with a view to ascertaining whether the conditions of the law have been violated. A number of prosecutions for violations of the law are likely to follow.- Cambridge Tribune...
...principle is an excellent one that the young man should labor to strengthen his weak points rather than to develop indefinitely his stronger ones. We do not know that it is desirable that young men should aspire to be 'record breakers' in particular sports. It seems to us better that they should be moderately good in all; but we recognize while human nature is what it is, that many will aspire to special excellence. It would be a curious problem in experimental mechanics to decide just how a man should be built to use his strength to the greatest advantage...
...Annex crew is talked of by some of the boatwomen at Harvard.- Record...
...Davis, '91, lowered the Harvard record in the two-mile bicycle race from 6m. 183-4s, to 6m. 2 1-2s, K. Brown, '91, was second in this event by about 3 feet, with the assistance of a liberal handicap...