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...steward at Memorial is authority for the statement that 355 dozen eggs were consumed yesterday at lunch...
Apropos of this last statement the statistics of the Dean in regard to the number of men dropped from the different classes since 1882, are interesting and instructive. In 1882, 14 men were dropped; in 1887, 61, in 1888, 46; in 1889, 47. Although an unusual number were dropped in 1887 (more than in the two following years) it appears that on the whole the number of dropped men has increased quite regularly during the last eight years. At present an average of one man in every eleven is dropped from the freshman class. Eight years ago there was only...
...that a debt of this kind has been put upon the class merely from the carelessness of one individual, and we hope that a satisfactory explanation will be made. The fact remains, however, that the money will have to be raised shortly, and the class will doubtless ask a statement to be made in regard to the matter. Whether or not the fault lay with a lack of generosity on the part of the class last spring, nothing remains now for the members to do but to subscribe so liberally as to liquidate the debt immediately and entirely...
There is no truth in the statement that Harvard will challenge Princeton to a series of games, but if Princeton challenges Harvard, Harvard will very probably accept...
...proper in a book of such moderate size, is to state all laws and arguments clearly and with justice to each side without intimation of the author's private opinion. For in stance, in the chapter on Free Trade, the principles are enumerated, after which follows a simple statement of the arguments brought up by the Protectionists in favor of the present tariff system in favor of the present tariff system in the United States. This is followed in turn by as clear and concise a statement of what the Free Traders have to say on their side. The student...