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...years ago and based on the accounts of two years. It has been confirmed since by an estimate made by Mr. Balch, and also at another time by the bursar and the auditor. A still better proof that the crockery and repair assessments, taken together, are at the right sum is found in the fact that the surplus in the bursar's hands at the beginning of this year was only $2426. A proper way to look at it is this: The sum total of the crockery and repair assessments go into the surplus every year, and nothing ever comes...
...hope to see them victorious in their inter-collegiate race. Again, it is to our present freshman crew that we must look for men to fill places in the university, which will soon be vacated by members of the present junior and senior classes. Eighty-six has the right material in her crew, but the members must remember that muscle will avail nothing unless accompanied by strict training...
Hannibal Hamlin, minister to Spain, recently advised the students of Colby University to devote more time to the vigorous practice of extemporaneous speaking. Mr. Hamlin is right. The expense to college students of hiring lawyers to defend them in police courts in gate-stealing and sidewalk-destroying cases is no inconsiderable item...
...dent." Pretty soon he used the word again, and this time he gave the accent as it is usually given, on the first syllable. Justice Woods, who sits next to Justice Gray, noticing this variation in the lawyer's pronounciation, whispered to Justice Gray, "He pronounced it right the first time." Whereupon Justice Gray said, "What college were you educated at, may I ask?" "At Yale," replied Justice Woods. "Ah! I thought so," said Justice Gray.-[Washington Capital...
...like Nelson, is sent on board ship at eleven or twelve; his previous knowledge or general training is what you may suppose for that age. It is in the course of actual service, and in no other way, that he acquires his professional fitness for commanding fleets. Is this right or is it wrong? Perhaps it is wrong, but it has gone on so for a long time. Well, why may not a preacher be formed on the same plan? John Wesley was not a greater man in preaching than Nelson in seamanship. Take, then, a youth of thirteen from...