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...hold of it; and all this time the player does not cease running from post to post and marking points. Then those who find the ball arrive exhausted at the field of battle, and the one who has been running falls down half dead. At other times the projectile sent with a vigorous arm cannot be stopped, and breaks the legs of the party who awaits it. The arrangements for the cricket-match include a sumptuous dinner in the marquee for fifty persons-an indispensable accompaniment to every cricket-match...
...University of Edinburgh, which will hold its tercentenary celebration in April, has sent an invitation to Columbia College to have a representative present who shall be a guest of the university...
...same cry of more money for running expenses comes up from every college as the annual reports are published. The latest are those of the Trinity College alumni and of President Warren of Boston University. The first have sent out a special circular saying that the receipts are less than expected and that the sum of $50,000 is needed. This is small compared with our cry of "three millions more;" but it must be remembered that Trinity is a small college and only graduates a score or so of students each year. Boston University is not so moderate...
...committee appointed at the annual meeting of the Trinity College Alumni Association last June to solicit from the alumni and friends of the college such aid in the way of money as the instant needs of the college demand, have sent out a circular. This circular states that the total income of the college last year was $31,500 and the expenditures $31,325. These expenditures fall short of those estimated for this year by $5000. The circular states that the sum of $50,000 is required for special purposes, such as $17,000 for a becoming home...
...Church College, founded by the renowned Cardinal Wolsey in 1525, has the largest number of students on its books, but is seldom called a college, its name among the fellows being "The House," derived from its Latin name Aedes Christi. This college is renowned for the statesmen it has sent forth upon their career. Among the older graduates are such names as Godolphin, Bolingbroke, Mansfield, Locke, Ben Johnson and Sir Philip Sydney, while the modern names of Peel, Canning and Gladstone keep up the reputation of the college. Christ Church Hall with its lofty roof of Irish oak and armorial...