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...suggestion which might be offered. It is said that the club proposes to hold a spring meeting at some time after the April recess. We should like to suggest that one of the events on the programme be a team match between teams of four, or more, from the various classes and schools of the university. It is one of the complaints urged by the faculty that there are not enough inter-class contests. Here is an excellent opportunity to start a competition which shall bring out the representatives of the different classes, at the same time affording an opportunity...
...author describes the various special collections and concludes: "By a mere hasty visit to the exhibition-rooms no one will get an idea of the magnificence of the Museum of comparative zoology. Neither the building, nor the rooms inside, nor the exhibited objects, will make an especially imposing impression. But the strong point of this institution lies in the poculiar arrangement of the collection for the public, and in the strict separation of the large material for scientific investigations. By the constant development of science, by the improved accessibility of distant continents and islands, by the investigations of the depths...
...edition of Cook's Otto's German Grammar has appeared, with various corrections, and the German writing alphabet inserted before the chapter on pronunciation. Prof. Wn. Cook is the editor...
...exact extent of the mine that was being secretly dug under their athletic interests, and of course would feel far more comfortable than if they knew just what threatened them. To us such an attempt at secrecy appears much like a stolen march. Students have built up various athletic organizations, and fostered an interest in athletic sports under great difficulties. This interest has been a source of great advantage to the students themselves by leading them as a body, to attend more closely to the demands of their physical being for exercise. Student interests were concerned, student money was invested...
...disputes which the students have attempted to settle for themselves have been amicably arranged, and no lasting ill feeling has resulted. Could a committee composed of members from various faculties do better? We think not. No committee containing human elements can be infallible, and we believe that instead of lessening the friction between athletic rivals, the committee proposed above will only change its direction...