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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- The great danger of fire in any of our college dormitories is in the use of open grates. If these grates can be protected so that the coals can not fall upon the carpets, there is almost no danger. At present the only fenders are pieces of iron about two inches high; and these are almost worthless. By putting in proper fenders the college would protect its property much more effectually than by an unlimited amount of fire apparatus stored away in the basements of the buildings. Such fenders could be made very cheaply of wire gauze...
...faculty of Dartmouth have just adopted a new system of rules in regard to the government of the students. This system is modeled to a great extent after the one now in use at Harvard, but the details have not yet been fully worked out. The principal change is in regard to the manner of making out the reports of the students. At present, each student is given his rank and position in the class according to a marking system. After this term. however, the classes will be divided into groups according to rank...
...debate was then opened for the negative by W. D. Clark, '89. He said in brief: The present institution has stood the test of time, and is still sustained by the reason which led to its formation. It does a great deal to obviate the danger of ties and of contested elections. The power of small states depends entirely upon the continuance of the present system, for under the system now being discussed, New York city would have more power than the four smallest states in the Union. Also under a change of system there would be a much greater...
...chief interest of the meeting was, however, Semitic. Several of the young Assyrian scholars presented papers of more or less value. The novelty of this subject, the vistas which it opens into times until now considered prebistoric, the revelations which it makes of great and long vanished peoples, the important relations to the scientific study of the Old Testament, all make the Assyrian a source of unfailing interest. The Biblical student in particular would be pleased by the paper from Prof. Haupt, of Baltimore, determining the size of the boat in which, according to the Babylonian account, the hero...
About fifty graduates of Yale gathered in Springfield Tuesday night to attend the alumni dinner of the Yale alumni of Western Mass. The Hon. W. S. Shurtleff presided. President Dwight was received with great applause and in his address praised the work of the university in the past and spoke of the future prospects and plans. After the conclusion of Pres. Dwight's address, Senator Davis arose and said: "Our alma mater was never so strong, never so full of vigor, although in her two hundredth year, as she is today. The older she grows the younger...