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...name the new structure the Technology Bridge, with an architectural central span, the gift of the Institute, as a memorial to its World War heroes. Harvard heartily approves, and cedes its name-claim with good will; in fact it would do so cheerfully if only the new span be wide enough for crews to pass under without danger in the races...
...University the added instruction which must invariably attach itself to any task of such merit. Advancing at its present high standard, there is no reason why its name should not reach to every corner of civilization, as that of its predecessor in England has already done. Printing has made wide-spread culture possible; it has also brought us the dime novel and the news-stand magazine; but its final vindication, will go unchallenged so long as there is in existence an extensive machinery for the publication of that rara avis--a good book...
...concert cough should be added to the theatre cough, against which a campaign has begun in Paris, and the movement made world-wide. Spells of coughing which sweep audiences at plays and concerts are largely the result of suggestion, as almost any one can muster up a sufficient tickling of the throat during the winter season to justify some sort of noise. Physicians say that the greater part of such demonstrations can be suppressed without the slightest possibility of injury to any one. What is most needed is a conscious effort on the part of those tempted to follow...
Work in the news competition will consist of gathering and writing the news of the University. The work required is necessarily difficult but is interesting and gives a wide and intimate knowledge of all the activities of the University and the men engaged in them. The competition is conducted on a point basis, twice as much credit being given for scoops as for assignments...
...story. These little irregularities are always a temptation for the would-be humorist, and the editors were tempted to use a red-ink screamer headline, with three-column photographs of the culprits. But the present case in by no means a matter for jest. The backwash of a world-wide crime wave has reached our peaceful community, and the list of victims is growing daily. Reports of petty and larger thefts come in steadily; swindling is not uncommon; suspicious characters are frequently seen about the dormitories...