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...Princetonian is authority for the statement that a course in Volapuk is to be started at Yale...
...deliberate on the case of one of its own members? Mr. R. T. Paine, Jr., emphasized his colleagues remarks and spoke of the success of the court decisions on controverted elections in England. Mr. W. M. Magee was the second to speak on the negative. In reply to a statement of the opposing side, he said that it was only partisan newspapers and second-rate politicians who assert that the committee on elections do not decide such cases conscientiously. When the question was thrown open to those present, about ten availed themselves of the opportunity and discussed with considerable feeling...
...annual statement of the Sheffield Scientific School for 1887-8 has just appeared. It is an interesting pamphlet of about sixty pages and shows clearly the progress of the school. The number of students has increased from 279 to 282, the gain being in the undergraduate department, the number of specials and post-graduates remaining about the same. The circular of the graduate department is more extended, showing a steady growth, and the list of laboratories, collections, etc., shows what means are placed at the disposal of students in chemistry, zoology and engineering. At the close of the volume...
...Undergraduate Executive Committee of the University Boat Club has recently circulated an urgent appeal to the members of the University for financial aid. Such an appeal we cannot afford to disregard. The committee has made a clear statement of the condition of its affairs, and everyone must see that it is a critical one. It is a sad thing when college patriotism has sunk so low as to require this question: "Will the University support its Committee and its Crew, or abandon the annual races at New London?" The college must rouse itself from this lethargy. We must support...
Cald well, for the past two years the stroke of the crew, has flatly refused to handle an oar this year; but the chances of his rowing are thought by those who ought to know to be more than even. The great stroke made the same statement last year, but changed his mind at the last moment, and though he had comparatively little training in comparison with the rest of the men, he showed no lack of form in the race and pulled a beautiful stroke. If he persists in his refusal to row, Cross, '88, will probably stroke...