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...curious fact, not generally known, that once in every twenty years the college authorities are obliged to bar up all of the entrances to the college yard, in order that the privilege of passing through, which the public now enjoy, may not become a right by prescription. If this precaution were not taken it would be impossible to prevent the public from flooding the yard on class...
...members of the Co-operative Association who desire a reduction from Sawin's Express Co. must pay cash on delivery, the same as with other firms from whom they obtain a reduction by the right of their membership...
...expeditions into Cambridge or long country walks. Lectures in Cambridge are given in the morning, and to these, natural science and history students go. Most mathematical and classical lectures are given at Girton. Nine o'clock in the evening is the time which public opinion fixes as the right moment to leave off work. Of course this is not always possible, but as a rule it is the sociable hour and the time for tea parties. Trays with materials for tea, coffee, or cocoa are sent round to the rooms; and as every one has a kettle...
...doing, and wished to rid the association of an obnoxious element which in a measure was responsible for the chronic defeat met with everywhere. No objection whatever is offered to their reorganization in the fall, and the chances are that if the obnoxious element is kept out, and the right men obtain control, lacrosse will once more be set on its booming career, and may after all turn out a credit instead of a disgrace to Columbia...
Some students at Exeter climbed eighty feet to the dome of the town hall, and dressed the Goddess of Justice in an old red skirt after the style of a Modoc squaw. The authorities had a hard time in getting the goddess right again...