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...time he often has great confidence in himself that he will not transgress the limit which he calls soberness, but gradually he becomes more and more entangled until he reaches the border of the precipice where the arch enemy of souls finds his greatest hunting ground. It is the first step then that is accountable for all. Once make yourself a drunkard, and drunkenness does not appear as base to you as before...
...intercollegiate tennis tournament was continued yesterday morning with the second round in the singles and the first in the doubles. Though the wind was cold, a large crowd of spectators witnessed the games. The surprise of the morning was the victory of Hovey of Brown over O. S. Cambell, the Columbia crack. The scores in the morning's games were as follows...
...Doubles (first round)-Stevens and Post of Columbia beat Johnson and Alexander of Princeton by default. Wright and Mallory of Trinity beat Deane and Esty of Amherst 9-7, 6-3. Parker Brothers of Yale beat Turner and Carter of Williams...
...First round (singles)-Hovey of Brown vs. Tallant of Harvard, 6-3, 8-6. Campbell of Columbia vs. Alexander of Princeton, default. Deane of Amherst vs. Mallory of Trinity, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Huntington of Yale vs. Fields of Cornell, 6-1, 6-3. Post of Columbia vs. Esty of Amserst, 6-1, 6-2. Weeden of Brown vs. Sands of Cornell, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Hurd of Yale vs. Johnson of Princeton, 6-4, 6-3. Kingsley of Harvard vs. Wright of Trinity...
...held its first social meeting of the year in the association rooms in Lawrence hall last evening. The object of the meeting was to afford old and incoming members an opportunity of getting acquainted with each other. The meeting was addressed by Professor Palmer. He spoke in a very helpful way of the association work, its benefits, and how they may be improved; its dangers and how they may be successfully met; and of the purpose which should animate every member as an individual and as one of an association. After Professor Palmer, Rev. Mr. McKennan, of Manchester, Eng, spoke...