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...probably unknown to many students that twice since the beginning of the college all work has been suspended in Cambridge, and once, carried elsewhere for a whole year. Both of these periods of absence were during the Revolutionary war and the cause was military exigency in each case. At that time the college numbered so few that a change of location was not quite as difficult as it would be today with our hundreds of students and more instructors than the students of 1775. The first exodus was in May 1775. The provincial army was fast gathering in Cambridge...
However much we may disapprove of hour-examinations, and however much we may be able to say against them, the sad fact remains that at present it is the custom here for the students of a large proportion of the courses to be inflicted with them once or twice a year. Of course for the present we can do nothing more than to register a protest against the system in itself, but we think that as long as it exists, it might very justly be reformed in certain points. Especially so as to the time of infliction. We think...
...have ten instead of six feet as heretofore, rule 7; It is impossible for a player to be offside in his own goal, rule 16; Rules 12 to 17, inclusive, were moved back one and a new rule (17) was inserted, "A player may be off-side but twice during a game." "The referee shall be an alumnus," was added to rule 18; words "from whom" to "play" were left out from rule 19, and "violation of rule 17" inserted together with "shall disqualify a man for being warned three times for intentionally delaying the game." The last clause...
...following amount of food is daily consumed at Memorial : 110 loaves of bread, 1200 rolls, 2 barrels of flour, 720 to 850 qts. of milk, 90 pounds of butter 130 pounds of sugar, 50 pounds of oatmeal, 35 pounds of cracked wheat, 1,000 pounds of beef (when used twice a day), 500 pounds of mutton, and 640 pounds of poultry...
...assisted by what is called the "whip" document, sent to him every morning by the leaders of his party, who act as ministers, in which a programme of the business of the day is published, and from the heading of this paper, which is underscored either once, twice, three or four times, he is able to judge as to the necessity of his appearance. The worse breach of party discipline which a member can commit is a failure to respond to a four lined "whip...