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...cannot but regard it as contrary to the best interests of colleges and of college sport that players should return to college merely to engage in athletic contests. Last year there was a similar case at Harvard. So convinced was this Committee of the evils of the practice, that this year all candidates for the Eleven about whom any doubt was felt were sharply inquired about. The cases of five among thirty-one candidates were thus specially investigated. All of these five gentle men were and are "bona fide students on the rolls" of the University; against four of them...
...flora of the arid region consists of good timber in the north and in the south at great heights; brush wood in the north, cactus and similar plants in the south. The grass in the western part is excellent for grazing purposes. The rainfall in this region is from 10 to 15 inches per year, while 23 inches are necessary for profitable agriculture. The snow in the mountains, however, fills the streams and brooks, and although a great deal of the water is wasted, a large amount of it is used to great advantage by irrigation. Reservoirs are being built...
...must be cautions about leaving their valuables in them. As for the line of hooks in the main halls and bath rooms, which are generally filled with overcoats and hats, it seems that more efficient watch might be kept by the authorities to prevent pilfering. Some system of checking, similar to that at the library, might be devised, which would be a very good safe-guard. However, as long as the present system holds, all the students can do is to exercise care, not leaving valuables in their coat pockets or in the lockers and to be sure to keep...
HARVARD ATHLETICS.- "Their Management and Expense" is fully treated in a special article to be found in Friday's (college issue) of the New York Evening Post. Similar articles from Yale, Cornell, and Brown, appear in the same number. For sale at Thurston...
...view of such a condition of affairs would it be unreasonable to demand of the gymnasium authorities a system of checking overcoats and umbrellas similar to the one in use at the library...