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...growth of the game of handball in the University has been little less than remarkable. Whereas a few years ago this game was hardly known here, it is now fast becoming one of our most popular sports. There are more men who rely upon handball for their daily exercise than the number of candidates for either the track team or baseball nine. But although the number of men playing handball has greatly increased, the facilities for playing the game have remained stationary. It is not an uncommon sight to see a number of men waiting impatiently for the chance...
...Henry Strobel, Bemis Professor of International Law, has been appointed legal adviser to the King of Siam. He will obtain a leave of absence for two years from his duties at the Law School, and sail for Siam in a few months. The position up to a few years ago was held by a Belgian authority in international...
Fifty-seven men responded to the call for baseball candidates about a week ago. They will be given regular work in the cage until the weather will permit out door work. Seven members of last year's team reported: Winslow, Barnwell, Chittenden, Littlefield, Cote, Metcalf and Miller. A system of inter-class games, similar to those instituted last year, is being planned by the management and it is hoped by this means to develop much good material...
...President calls attention to the first table in the report of the Dean of the Law School, which demonstrates an interesting fact connected with the requirement of a degree in arts or science for admission to a professional school. Thirty years ago the number of colleges represented among the students of the Law School was twenty-five. In the year under review it was ninety-two, the increase in the number of colleges represented having very nearly kept pace with the increase in the number of colleges represented having very nearly kept pace with the increase in the number...
...best disposed to offer a satisfactory excuse for the existence of several of the stories which follow the editorial. The editing of the material is careless and the material itself lacks substance. "A" Kink in Criticism," is an ill disguised attempt to present in novel form a plot long ago worn threadbare, although originally it had the merit of basis in fact. "Lost and Found" is deserving of praise for its clever structure; it is the only story in which the movement of the plot cannot be anticipated at the start. "Antonio's Visit" and "Johnny Dewdrop," are thrilling...