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...college man. From the article in question, it seems that it has been a custom more or less prevalent among the different classes, for the sophomores to indulge in such practical jokes upon the freshman as to sell them seats in the chapel or hymn books. A favorite trick seems to be to refer the unsuspecting young man who has just taken out his papers in that classic university to the house of some professor for a boarding place. The amiable sophomore also has the habit of making friends with his freshman victim and offering to initiate him into...
...diabolical art - professor; walks a slack rope stretched across the street - professor; goes without eating twenty days - professor; rides four horses bareback - professor; sings in the choir - professor; teaches a brass band - professor; cures warts - professor; plays billiards for a living - professor; trains dogs - professor; performs some clever trick of sleight of hand - professor; does anything in the world except teach, and knows less of books and schools than he does of heaven - professor...
...Olympian Club rink tonight there will be an exhibition of trick and fancy bicycling by Mr. W. D. Wilmot. Tomorrow night the Alphas of Lowell and the Salems of Salem will play a game of polo on skates...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD : Early in the year a shingle belonging to the Pierian Sodality was stolen. Last Tuesday night another shingle, personal property, was stolen. A return of these shingles to their accustomed places on University will be a great favor to the Pierian. This mean trick of stealing shingles cannot benefit the one who does it, and it certainly causes great inconvenience to those who suffer from...
...Williams College freshmen, that "the incident shows for the hundreth time the imperfection of the present system of examinations and of class organization in our colleges. A lad with a certain gift of smartness can get through a term with a very limited amount of study, and trust to trick and device to save himself from disgrace at the final test." The Times further argues in favor of substituting regular weekly examinations, in place of the present system of annual or of term examinations. Then it says very strongly : "Under such a system, and with other equally necessary reforms...