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...shall take no more...
...this measure is so evident, as was shown in the Advocate, that it is strange that the Faculty should allow it. If a Professor is to have the power of reducing marks six months after they have been announced, and when it is too late for the sufferers to take another examination, it seems to me time for a strong protest. I am not aware that such injustice has ever been done before...
...every one; for the fact, which is doubtful, that the marks were too high, is no excuse for lowering these marks eight months after they were given. One of the chief merits of anticipatory examinations is, that the student is at liberty either to accept the result, or to take the course throughout the year; in this case, the marks are to be so lowered that many students would not have accepted them, and this is done when it is too late to take the course. Men, whose positions on the rank list have been assured, will be disappointed...
...blame a certain policeman whose beat is near the Campus, because he did not prevent sundry little escapades of the students, whereupon the insulted Majesty-of-the-Law braced himself up and replied, 'Now look a'here; if you know my business better than I do, you just take my club and travel. I'll resign.' Notwithstanding this generous offer, the Corporation is not represented on the police force." - Brunonian...
...called "almost incredible," "a boyish trick," "an exceedingly selfish action," and various other pretty names. The reason of the withdrawal, according to the Targum, is "disappointment at the non-election of a friend." We warn all our subscribers, that as soon as one of them withdraws, we shall take a leaf out of the Targum's book...