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...upon us than the yard windows, late at night. Ordinarily the various dormitories stand out against the sky like great masses of gloom. relieved by only an occasional light; now the rooms whose darkened windows show that their occupants are not grinding, are the exceptions rather than the rule...
...sometimes are half way down the hall. This is, to say the least, discourteous. Further, it shows an unwillingness to make practice and preaching agree. All hats should be removed by those entering the hall, before the area beneath the visitors' gallery is left. The student who violates this rule may some day be embarrassed by the stamping, such as has in the past been directed toward careless visitors in the gallery...
...students in the streets in England, attired in their ridiculously short gowns, in Germany with parti-colored caps, gives an idea of gaiety and life to the throng of busy passers-by. All is University, for the very townsfolk can do nothing but talk of this new rule, that escapade of the students, the coming boat race and the thousand and one occurrences that mark the daily life at any large college. Cambridge is no exception to the rule and may be looked upon as one large school, so general is the influence cast upon it by its many colleges...
...Sophomores will profit by the wise policy of their captain of last year in keeping four substitutes at work. As a rule the sophomore crews at Harvard loose a large number of the men who rowed in their freshmen year. Either they are wanted for the university crew, or they are obliged for various reasons to stop rowing after one years experience. The '87 crew, however, have at present five of last year's oarsmen, although six of their men are now candidates for the university crew. Fiske, the captain is rowing stroke this year. The crew rows as follows...
...Free Trade. Her manufacturing industries were too firmly rooted to die out immediately, but agriculture languished. A country which ought to have exported food, was now forced to import in large quantities. England has neglected her agricultural for her manufacturing interests. Turn to India, a country which before English rule, wove the finest cloths known to the world. She had been protected by the policy of the East India Company. Now, thanks to free trade, she has no manufactures at all. When crops fail, then comes famine. Famines only occur in countries which produce food and nothing else...