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...orchestra of sixteen pieces has been formed at Yale...
...supply of provisions, etc., and also the morning's papers and letters for the crew; so that when the crew come back, they find enough to engage their attention until two o'clock, when dinner is served. The table is a long one, large enough for fifteen or sixteen people. Plain china crockery and glassware are used, all the service of the table, in fact, showing the greatest economy and simplicity. There are two negro waiters, one of whom I believe acts also as cook...
...tower of strength behind the bat, and coached the base runners superbly. Morgan played finely at second base, making a wonderful left-handed catch. McPherson ran his bases in fine style, stealing second and third every time he had a chance. For Yale, Watkinson pitched fairly, striking out sixteen men, but was terribly wild, ten men going to first base on balls. Osborne caught well, considering the wild pitching he had to hold. Davol played well at second base. The score...
...capable of entering the sophomore class of a host of smaller colleges, among which can be reckoned Brown. In the second place, does Harvard give degrees to those "who dwell for four years within her sacred precincts of learning?" If we are not mistaken, solid work in sixteen courses, or their equivalent, is required before a degree is obtained. At Brown, before a man loses class standing he must fail to receive fifty per cent. in three examinations at any one examination period. Such a rule permits as much undisturbed "dwelling" at Brown as is possible at Harvard. We have...
...recent work in Bimetallism. A short abstract of this review may be interesting to many. The writer begins by giving a brief sketch of the silver controversy, which really started in 1876, when the relative values of silver and gold began to change from the old standard of sixteen to one. The knowing ones, even at that time, saw that the alteration would probably be permanent, and that sooner or later the subject of Bimetallism would be an issue in our politics. But it was not until the passage of the Bland-Allison bill, in the early part...