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...standard size of the quarterly number for the present will be 112 pages 8vo., with such supplementary sheets as occasion may require; and the subscription price will be two dollars per annum. The number will be made up of (1) a few signed articles, coming, it is hoped, from a wide range of writers both within and without the University; (2) shorter papers and notes on topics of interest; (3) correspondence showing the movement of economic thought in the principal foreign countries; (4) a condensed bibliography of publications in political economy for the preceding quarter; and (5) such reprinted articles...
...first number of the Advocate appeared on Saturday. It contains the customary amount of reading-matter, both in prose and verse, all of which appears to be up to the usual good standard, although perhaps somewhat heavy in parts. Of the editorials two are most noticeable, one on "Bloody Monday," and the other on the recent stroke at New London, proposing a change in the manner of conducting the boating affairs of college. The scheme which the Advocate suggests is wholly new, but yet is worthy of serious consideration. There is an interesting sketch by Mr. Mitchell, and a somewhat...
...that the men were not improving under his care. He was therefore discharged. "Bob" Cook was then called upon, and he has had charge of the crew ever since. Under him the men are said to have been doing much better work, although hardly up to the standard of former years. Last May, in the Yale class races, the 'varsity was defeated by both '87 and the freshmen, but it is more than probable that the men were not exerting themselves to their utmost...
...every man in the class who can sing may make an effort to be present. The rehearsal will take little more than half an hour if everybody is prompt, and ought not to interfere seriously with anyone's grinding. We all wish the '86 Class Day to surpass the standard of former years, and a little attention from the class is absolutely necessary to make the song an interesting feature...
...hard paper, put himself on a par with an instructor who marks an easy paper hard; but the very difference between the papers makes it uncertain that he will do so. This is an old subject, but we cannot hope for fair marking till a more uniform standard is adapted...