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...court on the corner of St. James and Dartmouth Streets. To encourage men from Cambridge to join, the managers have reduced the membership fee to $10, - to all others it is $30. The only other expenses are a racket, about $6; tennis shoes, rubber-soled, about $7; and a suit of flannels, about $5. Besides being a most interesting and exciting game, it is the very best of exercise...
...Gymnasium is about to be gratified, we would like to suggest that, among the other modern improvements which are to be introduced, there should be a director appointed, competent to tell the men who use the Gymnasium what sort of exercise and how much of it will suit their several constitutions. Every man who enters the new Gymnasium should be examined by a person with some knowledge of medicine, and not be obliged, as at present, to depend on his own experience, or, in many cases, inexperience, for a knowledge of what he is fitted for. If this were done...
...would be surprised either at the apparent present completeness of the Library or else the poor taste shown in the selection of the books recently added. Probably the latter phenomenon would engage his attention; for although in a large university like this books of every description are sure to suit the tastes and needs of at least a few men, yet were he to inquire for some of the standard books of reference he would find but one copy, which alone has to serve for the constant use of a large number of men. In courses in history and philosophy...
...same in Greek!" I cried, altering the proverb to suit her aesthetic...
...this time of the year that are worthy of record, and would be sufficient even for a tolerably long epic. First, of course, here as everywhere else, we have this delightful spring weather, these beautiful days with the mercury reaching after ninety, and your spring suit still at the tailor's. Then these charming evenings, occupied in grinding for the annuals, when the science of entomology thrives, and the Melolontha vulgaris holds a desperate flirtation with the Musca domestica on the leaves of the Latin dictionary. In the daytime how we enjoy our recitations! I fancy that...