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...each will be required to render an account of the manner in which he has spent his money. When he returns he learns that some of the servants have invested their wealth at interest and have made new fortunes. To these the master gives great wealth and cities to rule over. One of the men, fearing lest he should lose what he already has, hides his money and gains nothing. To him the master gives only reproof for not having taken advantage of his opportunity...
...report of Dean Langdell of the Law School shows that the past year has been a successful one in spite of the falling off in the number of new men, which is more than accounted for by the new rule requiring every student not a graduate of a college to pass the admission examination as a condition of entering the school...
...HAVEN, March 2.- The new constitution for the athletic association at Yale, together with the new eligibility rule, were submitted to the University for approval today. The new constitutions are designed to specify exactly the powers which shall be allowed to the managers of the athletic associations. The eligibility rule is modelled closely on the scheme of that adopted by Harvard. No one can play more than four years on any team; no first year man in the professional schools, and no special students are eligible...
...Rule 14. If no fall has been obtained by either contestant after the expiration of the specified time, the referee may award the bout to the contestant having shown the best qualities, or who evidently has acted mostly upon the offensive; or the referee may, after allowing three minutes rest, order a supplementary bout of such duration as he may direct, not exceeding, however, six minutes...
...Rule 16. Any athlete who weighs in and then fails to compete without an excuse satisfactory to the games committee shall be suspended for six months...