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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...club, the paid librarian would keep them in order, and additions could be made to supplement the College Library in the most useful way. Rooms might be set apart where whist and chess could be played, and others in which French and German lectures and debates might be held. In process of time enough money would be accumulated or subscribed to build a house, and then it might be practicable to have a kitchen where a steak and potatoes might be cooked for those who ordered them. At Cambridge the expense to each member is only three pounds a year...
...hear from Exeter that at a fair held there some time since, the prize of a saw-horse to be presented to the laziest individual in town was secured, through the exertions of the Academy students, for their distinguished Professor of Mathematics; also that the Academy ball-grounds have been extended; and that the Faculty intend (less vivid future) to establish "Amusement Rooms," where the students may enjoy the privileges of a reading-room, billiard parlors...
...meeting of Co. B will be held on Wednesday, April 28, at 2 o'clock, in Holden Chapel, for the election of a Second Lieutenant...
...study is becoming more and more prized from its rarity. The present apathy that has supplanted the enthusiasm we may suppose once to have existed among the students of Philosophy is such that it has become a subject of common remark among undergraduates; and disregard for the philosophical opinions held by those who take electives in the present courses In Philosophy; is fast becoming disrespect for the courses themselves...
...Rugby Meteor of March 29 we find an account of Athletics at Rugby. The record of the meeting held on March 16 and 17 is much better than anything which either our Association or any College Association in this country can show...