Word: standardness
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...which are seen in the constantly increasing number of students who resort to this mode of exercise." To which Capt. Cook replies: "It must be true, indeed, that the enforcement of correct principles of rowing has had much to do with bringing about the victories in which Yale's standard has been carried so valiantly to the fore. But, while you so generously insist on giving so much credit to the 'Cook Stroke,' let me remind you that the most scientific principles would have gone for nothing without the skill and brawn, the splendid discipline and the unswerving confidence...
...must be a matter of gratification to the instructors in English to perceive the interest taken in the addition to the "English Select" department of the library. Such a convenient arrangement of standard books brings to our notice many works which we, engrossed in our daily work, might otherwise overlook. The communication we publish in another column reminds the gentlemen who have the filling of the new book shelves in charge of the omission of the works of Cardinal Newman. We quite agree with the writer when he urges the advantage to be derived from intercourse with writers of late...
...been imported. Let us be thankful that he has not yet learned the methods of Memorial. Who knows but that at last an heroic soul has appeared who dares to resist the determined efforts of the management to lower the quality of the food to the second class restaurant standard? If he succeeds, he has the gratitude of several hundred patient and long-suffering undergraduates...
...Advocate closes with a piece entitled "Woodland Music." It has a certain "swing" which is agreeable. The poetry in this number of the paper, however, is not up to its usual standard by any means, and is in fact rather weak...
...contains an appendix with valuable statistics on the acquirement and disposition of the territory in the possession of the government. The number contains, in addition, short references to the ultimate redemption of the greenbacks in this country; to the actual weight of the English gold coin compared to its standard weight; and to the government lottery in Italy...