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...especially a slight upon Harvard, where the movement originated. Of course the Yale faculty has a perfect right to settle its own regulations in regard to athletics in the way it deems wisest; but nevertheless it is undoubtedly an act of rudeness on her part to pay so little heed to the combined requests of so many colleges in a matter where concession would cost so little to herself, comparatively, and would result in so much general satisfaction among her neighbors. Not that we contend that the original movement looking to the abolition of professionalism in athletics was so necessary...
...number of the workmen employed by the college were drilled yesterday in the use of the fire ladders stored in the basements of the dormitories. Their performance in point of celerity and expertness could hardly be called satisfactory; yet the phenomenon of seeing the least heed paid by the college to the warning of words or of experience in this matter is so unusual as to deserve comment and praise. The college evidently considers a dozen or so of permanent fire escapes as too heavy an expenditure to be made for the trivial purpose of insuring the safety of occupants...
Again do we call attention to the advisability of keeping the lights in the dormitory entries lit after twelve o'clock. No heed will probably be taken of this until a fire or some other casualty shows the advantages of such economy...
Kineo, as a boy, grew up with more than usual Indian taciturnity, and with ever-increasing gloominess of disposition. His mother, Maquaso, watched the development of these characteristics with anxiety. He gave so little heed to her solicitude that when she suddenly disappeared, suspicion at once fell upon him, and he was excluded from the councils of his tribe. He departed, and encamped on a neighboring mountain. The rest of the story is told in the lines which follow...
...this notice in the Sunday Shouter, and decided to take it in. Accordingly, at the appointed time we presented ourselves at No. 476, and were promptly admitted. We were asked to leave our coats and hats in the hall, and to "step this way, please." We omitted to heed the first part of this request, for as we did not know the character of the spirits who might be present during the evening, we thought it safer to take our property with us. We afterwards found it an entirely needless precaution, however, for the spirits who favored us with their...