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...will excuse me for being so horribly methodical, I will divide them into four classes, of each of which I will speak separately. The first consists of societies which have some serious object in view, which may be roughly described as the pursuit of Cape Flyaway; the second of open societies, which are devoted to amusement; the third of clubs proper, where you can get wine and cigars and gossip of the most correct sort at the cheapest price; and the fourth of secret societies, of which the objects are unknown and the names are forbidden words...
THERE is nothing I like better than, when alone in my room, to draw a chair up to the fire and while away the last few minutes before the striking of the midnight clock in fanciful speculations for the morrow and in serious retrospect of the day spent. If I do not derive some benefit, at least, from these ruminations, it at any rate seldom happens that I think to-night on the subject of last night; but since this cold weather has set in, my thoughts hitch each time on the same point. I invariably dwell upon the temperature...
...paid for from some outside source, a boat could be built here, - using the English shell, to a certain extent, as a model, - and the race would then be rowed in whichever proved the faster. This is the only safe course, and we commend these facts to the serious consideration of those who have written to us, urging us to use England as the source of our boating materials. Their suggestions would be promptly adopted if the means were supplied...
...conspired to "spring" upon us this year, and that their wicked plot has leaked out upon the prairies of Illinois. Let every Senior, therefore, begin immediately on his three-and-one-half-minute performance. Yet, if it is not too late, we would humbly suggest that there is one serious objection to the innovation. The present Senior Class numbers 192; deducting a dozen as an allowance for those who will pass degree-less from these halls, 180 will graduate; 180 X 3 1/2 minutes = 10 1/2 hours, which is rather a long time for men to sit listening to "parts...
...better together than on the two previous evenings. Some of the men appeared unskilful in handling the "levers," and from the frequent "break downs" that happen it is evident that the greatest care should be exercised in working the machines. Any carelessness or harsh usage may cause a serious inconvenience...