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...regulated the life of the Puritan collegians of the 17th century. They even felt called upon to say exactly what they should eat, and what they should drink, as the records still plainly show. On June 23, 1692, the corporation held a meeting in Boston, and discussed the subject of "Plumb Cake" with this result...
...articles upon the most important topics of current interest. These articles are to be clipped from all the best American and from the leading English journals, to be arranged under proper heads, and then to be pasted in scrap books, each of which will be devoted to a separate subject. The clippings will be renewed from week to week, and when the collection upon any topic is complete, it will be filed away for future reference. For example, the English Franchise Bill engaged the attention of the people for six or eight months, and finally, with its passage, ceased...
...Herbert B. Adams, instructor in history at Johns Hopkins, speaking on this subject says, "The classification and preservation of the best articles on economic, social, and political topics, is found by all to be exceedingly useful. How often does one wish that he had saved the report of some court decision, scholar's address a statesman's speech, a mayor's message, divorce statistics, new facts and illustrations! How often these things would work into the warp and woof of a student's task if he could only lay his hand upon them at the proper moment...
...Finance Club suggests the following subjects to those intending to try for the Cobden Club medal: "What Safe Basis could be Found for a National Bank System in the Event of the Entire Extinction of the United States Debt?" "The Effect of a Customs Tariff on Wages," "The Effect of our Public Land System on the National Growth." This medal is given under the auspices of the Finance Club, and any present undergraduate may contest for it. A candidate may present an essay on any economic subject other than here mentioned, provided it be approved by the committee of award...
JUNIOR THEMES.Theme V. will be due on Thursday, March 5. Subject: An Exposition...