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...amount of discipline maintained. Three times a day the ladies have to enter their names on the marking-roll. The gates are closed at dusk in summer, and at six o'clock in winter. Any application for leave of absence must be supported by medical certificates. There is a strict strict entrance examination in necessary and optional subjects, except for those who have passed such difficult examinations as the matriculation examination of the University of London and the Oxford and Cambridge local examinations for sen or students. The standard of these examinations is consistently kept up all through the scholastic...
...with the hope of getting into the University nine or crew, the freshmen nine or crew, the lacrosse team, or the "Mott Haven" team. This does not include members of the University and freshman foot-ball teams, which are organized simply for inter-collegiate contests, because their training, though strict while it lasts, ends with the coming of winter. The three upper-class crews are also left out of the account, although not nearly so many candidates could be kept in training for them if it were not for the great interest in boating created by the University race with...
...interesting to note in connection with the renewed discussion in college of the question of temperance, brought about by the efforts of the Total Abstinence League, that President Porter of Yale has just declared publicly his disbelief in prohibition as impracticable. He believes, however, in strict license, and says he looks forward to the time when intoxicating liquor will be regarded as dangerous as dynamite now is, and its sale as carefully restricted...
...energy shown in the tug-of-war teams among the classes. This energy has resulted in arousing the enthusiasm of the graduates. Therefore, after great persuasion, certain members of the Law and Medical Schools have decided to test their respective merits. These men have given careful attention to strict training during the winter. The prizes will be in Bartlett's window during the coming week. The following-named compose the teams as at present selected: Law School - W. H. Cook, '80; J. S. How, '81; C. W. Andrews, '82; A. E. Lane, '82. Medical School - H. W. Kilburn...
...stroke, but we are under the impression that his efforts were not rewarded with sufficient results on the part of the Exeter students. We are sure that several men could be found who would be willing to teach Exeter the Harvard stroke, provided they were assured careful work and strict attention...