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...time avoided the impost duty, but was finally compelled to open a branch on this side of the line. It is not a little remarkable to note the rapid strides made by Mr. G. W. Pach since he made a specialty of college work. In 1875 he took the West Point Academy; in 1877, Vassar College. In 1878, Yale College, after an exciting canvass, wheeled into line, but unanimously re-elected him the following year. The same year ('78) Harvard and Columbia chose him enthusiastically, and were immediately followed by Princeton, Dartmouth, Williams, and Wesleyan. He has now no less...
...morning of the 17th of July promised fair weather for the Freshman race between Cornell and Harvard, and the southerly breeze, which blew quite heavily up the lake and caused some apprehension during the morning before the hour of starting, changed around to the west, so that the course, which was sheltered by high banks on that side, was as smooth as glass...
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APROPOS of the Socialist excitement in Germany, and the newly formed organizations in the West, "La Commune" has been prospecting for a raid on the arms of the Rifle Corps. Through the vigilance of General Lister the attempt was detected in season to prevent the raid, and the arms have been removed for the summer to a place of safety. The Corps possesses two hundred stand of arms, breech-loading Peabody rifles, which are valued at five thousand dollars...
...uniform in which the Rifle Corps appeared this week, and which was furnished by several gentlemen of Boston who are interested in the corps, is chaste if not magnificent. It consists of a dark blue coat, cut like a West Point dress-coat, with white lacing and facings, trousers to match, and a blue cap with white pompon. The officers are distinguished from the privates by their gold lacing and facings and crimson pompons, as well as by their style...