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...every other. The valedictorian has no time for exercise, or is too weary to take it; the champion athletes has no time for study, or is too stupid to begin it. One sits in his room with a wet towel about his head, and conscientiously works out his allotted task; the other stretches himself upon a lounge and has the day's lesson poured into him by admiring comrades. Both are toiling for fame, though in opposite directions. Both have won honors for their Alma Mater; so she gives them the same certificate of acquirements. And as to subsequent usefulness...
...England's forthcoming Royal College of Music, Mme. Jenny Lind has offered unconditionally to teach a number of free pupils, placing at the manager's disposal several hours per day which she is willing to devote to the task...
...late terrible fire in Milwaukee bears so exact a resemblance to what a spark at the foot of the stairs in any of our buildings might bring to pass that we are compelled to take up our thankless task once more, and ask for fire-escapes on the College buildings. The only reason that can be alleged for not putting them on is the expense which it would entail upon this poverty-stricken institution. Perhaps the Corporation think it good policy to have the story get abroad that Harvard College is economical of everything but the lives of its students...
...members of the crew begin to train until after the holidays. This method has worked so well that this year the whole crew has been kept off the weights until the present time, and as an immediate result the men show a decidedly greater interest in the task before them. This good result will surely be followed by others of equal importance. The work now being done is light in comparison with what will be required after the mid-years. At present the crew content themselves with a short pull of about three hundred strokes and a run of half...
...crews, there are six of last year's crew in college, and should all be persuaded to row. In addition to these we hope to see a hearty response to Capt. Hammond's call for more men, made at the boat club meeting Tuesday evening. We have no easy task before us, a fact which is fully appreciated by every member of the crew. For the past three years Yale has had a phenomenally heavy and muscular crew. This is the last year in which five of her best men will appear in her boat, and we may be sure...