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William Pennell, of the University of Pennsylvania gymnasium, declares that rubber soled shoes are bad for the feet, but he will not prohibit their use in the gymnasium. He recommends light canvass shoes, with leather soles...
...being cut up into blocks on the side which touches the lens. The surface of the tar is coated, in turn, with bees-wax, which, by mild heat and pressure upon the surface of the glass, also acquires the exact curve of the lens. With this bees-wax, rubber, and very fine rouge, the polishing is done...
...such a place are a great annoyance and a very serious one. We beg all men who are thoughtless enough to disturb their mates in this way, to be considerate in the future. We would also advise the Library authorities to provide chairs in the reading-room with rubber caps on the feet as is the case in most recitation rooms; this would obviate another great cause of annoyance, by making the squeaking of chairs impossible...
...with hieroglyphics, and the part of the shirt bosom covered by the vest is daintly inscribed with notes, of value only to the owner. Other paper cribs are worn in the sleeves, and, fastened by elastics, fly back at the approach of danger. Similar contrivances are tied by thin rubber bands to suspender straps, and, drawn down below the vest at will, can be sent back to that safe retreat in short order if a professor appears at all suspicious. Small cribs are pasted in watch covers. Highly polished shoes offer a fine surface for inscriptions...
...sale.- A Harvard 53-inch bicycle, black all over, new tires, lengthened handle bars, rubber handles, long-distance saddle, cradle-springs, ball-bearing pedale etc., etc. Apply at 25 Appleton street, before 3 P. M. Price...