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...standard, some courses might count as high as 120; others probably as low as 80. The value of any course thus determined would vary but little from year to year, and by averaging the values for several successive years, a value would be determined that could be allowed to stand a decide without injustice-at least with infinitely less injustice than under the present system. In this way the undue attractiveness of easy courses would certainly be remedied...
...saloon. All this was done in six minutes, the best time on record. Then the crowd rushed back to the campus to fight for the possession of the bowl, which was soon forced over the fence into the middle of Thirty-fourth street, where the sophomores made a determined stand. Here neither side had the advantage, and in the scrimmage every contestant had his turn wallowing in the gutter and the filthy mud of the street...
There is doubt if the records made at the Union meeting can stand, as the track was not measured with sufficient care...
...Yale captain, in a huff with the pitcher. "Certainly," says the pitcher, as he expresses his sympathy, and good feeling is restored. In this inning Yale scored one run on a terrific hit which took centre-field off his feet and dashed him against the bars of the grand stand. This was the most beautiful hit of the game. Princeton also scored one run on a bad error by shortstop, who, getting his finger knocked off, and stopping to pick it up before throwing, overthrew, and the man came around. In the seventh inning the umpire earned three curses...
...expenses, which would be slight after the plant was put in, the college could certainly find the means. For supplying the plant either a popular subscription might be raised or some one of the friends of education be appealed to for funds. Many men would be willing to stand their share if the first method were to be adopted, for it would enable them at such crowded times as the present to get a better chance at the books on the reference shelves, to suit their own convenience better in their use of the library, and to have a well...