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...true that there has been recently no appalling calamity or loss of life from fire to arouse the popular feeling in regard to the danger of fire in the college buildings, but it is not necessary for the corporation to wait for some such stimulus to compel them to fulfil their promise. We were told that the staples would be ready soon after the recess, and it would seem as though sufficient time had elapsed for the production of these articles which cannot take either much time or money for their manufacture...
...afford the price of admission, is laughable. We suppose the faculty consider it a much more democratic spirit which will prompt a man to look over a fence at a game of ball whose expenses are entirely paid by some one else. It seems like a scheme to compel the wealthy and generous students of the college to pay for the poor student's amusement. I am not sure that I can appreciate the democratic spirit which will permit a man to take his amusement at another's expense...
Baxter of the senior crew is suffering from a sprained knee, which may compel him to give up his seat in the boat...
...West Point student disputed the right of the faculty to compel him to attend religious exercises on the ground that it was contrary to the constitution. He was referred to war department, which decided against...
...distance in putting the shot is measured by a line at right angles to the starting line, and not in a direct line from the place where the contestant stands to the place where the shot falls. The object of this is to compel the contestants to throw the shot straight, as otherwise they do not get the full benefit of their throw...