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...claims had been much overdrawn, as shown by the actual Dutch occupations. He then examined the investigations of these claims made since 1841, and the various dividing lines proposed. The famous Schomburgk line was surveyed merely for a basis of negotiations and was not considered as final. The records seem to show that for the most part the English instead of encroaching on Venezuela have been attempting to come to a fair agreement. Professor Macvane criticized Secretary Olney's despatch of July last. The idea that England has been developing and increasing her claims shows, the speaker said, an incomplete...
...place in this connection to suggest that the more general and not less careless habit of throwing ink all over the reading-room floor be abandoned. A few spots on the floor seem to invite more and some places are nearly black. A very little care would remedy this had habit...
...number of candidates for the university nine was reduced to twenty-four, who will probably remain with the squad until those to go on the Easter trip are selected. This includes those trying for battery positions. As a whole the men are altogether too slow and do not seem to be able to judge the ball accurately, fumbling being a common fault. This weakness is especially characteristic of the candidates for infield positions, particularly catcher and shortstop, which will be hard to fill acceptably. As yet no one has been found who could be depended upon at either of these...
...Light practice in fielding and batting will continue till the weather permits out-door work. Judging from the showing of the candidates so far there will be no trouble in filling all the vacant positions with the exception of catcher. None of the men trying for this place seem to have pre-eminent ability, yet, on account of the great number of games scheduled, there ought to be several good men fully able to fill this position...
...Honor," by Austin Corbin, Jr., is a decidedly clever essay, though one cannot help feeling that the cleverness is misapplied. The first two paragraphs and the last seem to be written in a serious mood and contain so much truth in such a small space that almost every sentence amounts to a truism. The rest of the essay is written in a sort of flippant, serio-comic vein, which is out of place. Honor is too grave a subject to be flippantly treated...