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...being pulled without the customary crowding and confusion attendant upon this event. The only point in which the meeting could have been improved was in the matter of heating the gymnasium, for the temperature of the building was so low that the many ladies present must have experienced positive discomfort. In the matter of prizes the record of Saturday stood: '85, two; '86, tow; '87, one; '88, one; Law School, one. The fence vault was won by Mr. Cary, '86, but this will be counted to the credit of '85, inasmuch as the handicap is disregarded in events which count...
...members of the Dining Association, that the price and quality of the food has attracted a number of boarders far exceeding the supposed capacity of the Hall. Seats were provided for all by placing fourteen, instead of twelve chairs at a table. This arrangement, nevertheless brings with it some discomfort. The greater the number at a table, the less time can the waiter give to a single man. In fact, it takes a very spry waiter to supply the many and varied wants of fourteen students, in the short time allowed for meals by the present regulations...
...service of one waiter, but this is certainly better than the present arrangement, under which one is never sure of fending his seat vacant. As the new plan will be only temporary, we hope the boarders at the Hall will do their best to put up with a little discomfort for a short time...
...influencing by his example those who are, perhaps, sacrificing their chances for even respectable success in life. But this cannot be expected from more than a very few men, as each student thinks his own influence would be of little consequence, while such a course would bring himself much discomfort...
...essentially the trade of Boston and that the only result would be an immense saving of time. It is contended that an elevated road not only deteriorates the value of the real estate it passes, but also proves a disfigurement to the city and a source of much discomfort to the citizens. Let it be kept in mind that we are not speaking of a road which is to entangle the city in its meshes. It is altogether a different thing between running a road through the principal streets of the two cities and simply connecting them by one line...