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...least, unique. In the first place, the athletes of Cornell are not contented with winning mere empty honors, or even with receiving the customary medals for proficiency in their chosen specialties,-as may be seen from a glance at the prize list, on which appear clocks, statuary, silk umbrellas, easy chairs, and books without number. This method of rewarding athletic excellence may, at the first glance, seem rather peculiar, but, we are sure, a closer inspection of the system will reveal some points of excellence which are not to be found in the present method of prize-giving in vogue...
...college, poor, but deserving. What shall he do to obtain the necessaries of student life? Simply this, he may enter the feather-weight sparring, and win an easy chair; in the middle-weight he may secure a clock; in the heavy weight he can easily obtain a silk umbrella; by winning the horizontal bar, and the flying rings, he may stock his library; and so on, until nothing remains to be desired...
LOST.- Will the person who took a silk umbrella by mistake from the rack in the Auditor's office, Sunday night, please return it to Mr. B. Clarke, at table 3, or 23 Felton Hall...
...their own right, who enjoy certain privileges and exemptions not accorded to others, in the choice of rooms, paving higher fees, doing less work, and attending fewer lectures. They have two kinds of dress; the first, which is worn on public occasions, is a gown of purple damask silk, richly ornamented with gold lace. The second is a black silk gown, with full sleeves. This is worn as an "every day" dress. With both these is worn the regulation "mortarboard" of black velvet, with gold tassel...
...Commoners, being eldest sons, or men already in possession of estates. They have a better choice of rooms, associate at meals with the Fellows and other college authorities, pay double fees on entrance, and are charged more for tutorage than the usual fee. Their dress consists of two black silk gowns, the one richly ornamented with tassels for state occasions, and the other the ordinary dress...