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...respect, but no other. ... None will deny that there is intemperance in college. But there is no more than elsewhere, rather less. In any college town, there is less intemperance among the students than among the townsmen in proportion to numbers. In the words of an esteemed contemporary: "Just think of this a moment; push it to the ultimate, and I think you will have no difficulty in seeing it." "It is a curious fact," however, that men don't seem to see it. Let a student make a jolly night of it, and on his way home levy...
...pull have seldom practised more than three or four times together. Now, the heaviest possible teams are chosen from each class with the purpose of showing which class can really pull the hardest. This makes an exciting contest, and nobody would wish to see the custom changed; but we think that all would like to see in addition a set of teams, limited in weight, pull. Thus a class which has no large men, and hence no chance in the tug-of-war as it now is, would have an opportunity of gaining the victory in the limited-weight contest...
...pleased to note the opening yesterday of Dr. Hall's course of University Lectures. We trust that he will have a large audience, and that encouragement may thus be given to the authorities to continue the custom of giving these yearly courses. But we think it unfortunate that the tickets distributed at the office could not have included past as well as present members of philosophical electives. We are aware that free admission to these lectures is esteemed by the authorities a "favor" on their part. But the impression remains, that what are called "favors" are oftentimes ungraciously bestowed. Surely...
...students' rooms, and that they must have some relaxation to bring back their health, shattered by almost constant application of the broom and duster. There is another reason, too, which prompts, them to give a ball. The janitors are yearly paid a large sum by the College, and they think it their duty to spend a certain part of this for the entertainment of the Faculty, which has been so generous in the giving of large salaries. The crest of this new society is the picture of a goody with broom and duster in her hand getting ready to sweep...
...think you're awful...