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...mender at a salary of pound 12. Students were allowed a pound of meat and a pint of beer at dinner, and a half-pint of beer at night. For supper they could choose between a half-pint of milk and a biscuit. They were given clean table-cloths twice a week, and finally could indulge in the luxury of plates. Pudding was a delicacy three times a week...
...good rowing weather prevailed during the greater part of the recess, the crews were enabled to get in a good week's practice, rowing twice a day up to last Saturday, when all except the sophomores laid off for a three days' vacation. All the crews have rowed in their barges except the seniors, who took to shell rowing Tuesday, April 3, using their old twisted shell; they will probably go into their cedar sometime this week. Several short brushes have taken place between the crews, the most noteworthy of these being the one between the Juniors and Freshmen...
...appointed twelve men "to take order for a colledge at Newetowne," but the poverty and unsettled condition of the times were such, that it would have been impossible for those appointed to have succeeded in their design had not this humble stranger, out of his scanty resources, given twice the grant made by the government to his "schoale;" and so it is to him that we owe the present university...
...statutory law. Sure enough, it was found that, if a stablekeeper lets a carriage, or a confectioner sells half a pound of caramels to "a student of an incorporated academy or other educational institution within this state," and gives him credit therefor, he violates the law, and forfeits twice the amount so credited, "whether the same is paid or not." - [Boston Herald...
Second round - Page swung his right twice on Stebbins' side with good effect. Stebbins in turn got in two good leads, while Page kept swinging for his side. Soon after Page got in a good round shot on Stebbins' head, which staggered him for a moment. Both men desisted from rushing, each sparring off a great deal...