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...best that they should live. How should we know what the last thing in neck-wear was if that blank-faced young man, X -, did not consider it his duty to keep the run of the proper things to support his chin, and serve as a walking show-case to his less ambitious neighbors...
Many will have learned with some surprise that Assistant Professor C : L. Smith has been appointed Dean of the college faculty. It is impossible to say how satisfactory this selection will prove to the college in general ; that the future must show. But if Mr. Smith shall prove himself as efficient and popular as the present incumbent there will be little doubt of his success...
...events be presented at these inter-collegiate meetings, and that among other events, sparring have a prominent place. This suggestion for several reasons we can hardly deem practicable. What would be an especial objection, is the fact that the contestants in the different bouts, in their zeal to show and prove the superiority of the colleges they represent, will be liable to think more of hard hitting than scientific sparring, and what might be otherwise interesting contests will degenerate into so-called "slugging matches." This, of course, would create personal enmity and ill-feeling, and gradually the same feelings between...
...York has a "Thirteen Club," organized to show the contempt of the members for the popular superstition. There are many members, but only thirteen sit down to the same table...
...Lawrence strikers still remain firm, and show no signs of yielding...