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...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 of her own, tea can be made at any time, and this is generally a social meal, which...
...edict has gone forth to lower the net in lawn tennis, and that for the future, in single matches, the correct height of the net will be three feet six inches at the post and three feet at the centre. The new rule will be adopted in the contest for the championship at Wimbledon. It seems a very great pity that so many alterations are made in the game. The end will be to spoil it. This lowering of the net was not at all desirable. The height kept down the experiments in overhand serving. - [London Court Journal...
...tickets to the theatre and tree are left, the committee has been obliged to make it a rule that no more than two Sanders, four Tree or five Memorial tickets will be sold to one person. First come, first served, will be the rule. Applications when not made in person must be by written order. The committee have determined on a price sufficient in their opinion to make all purchases bona fide, and at the same time to place the tickets within the reach...
...They that needlessly frequent the kitchen shall be non plusht by the president" is an old rule of the college, meant, doubtless, to suppress gluttony. On the other hand the following appears among the proceedings of the overseers: "At a meeting of the overseers ye 30 day of ye 3d month For as much as the overseers have been certified that there hath been uncomfortable defects in the diet of the students as also in their lodging: It is ordered that the Corporation speedily inquire into the causes [14] thereof, & take order with the Steward & Treasurer or any other Colledg...
From the above considerations, we hope our readers will perceive the true dignity and farsightedness of the rule we have quoted...