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...following rule has been posted in the gymnasium at Exeter in the handball court: "No student shall play longer than twenty minutes at one time, if others are waiting to use the court...
...executive committee of the N. A. A. A. have adopted the following rule in regard to tug-of-war competitions: "Anchor man shall not use any device for holding the rope, but a belt may be used to protect the body. No knot or tie of any kind shall be made in the rope, nor shall the rope be passed more than once around the anchor's body...
...Bible narratives as well as the history of our own lives are full of instances of the influence of luck. We must not on this account believe that life is all a lottery. It is a blessed thought that this is God's good world and that God must rule over...
...report early every morning, with a moderate and fixed allowance for necessary absences," have they forgotten the evils which flourished under the system of compulsory prayers which set a premium on all sorts of false excuses for absence? Do they suppose that the mere establishment of such a rule will insure its faithful observance...
...days ago we took occasion to notice favorably the rule which had been adopted by a number of our professors, against tardiness at the nine o'clock lectures. We are now led by a number of complaints we have received to suggest to some of our professors that great inconvenience is often caused by the holding of the students in the lecture room beyond the allotted hour. We believe that lectures should begin promptly and that professors should not be annoyed by troops of tardy students, but we believe also that there is quite as much reason for closing lectures...