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...students of still another inland institution of learning have been forced to make a stand against the oppressive restrictions laid upon them by the faculty. Last Saturday, ten cadets of the Highland Military Academy at Worcester, Mass., sent word to the faculty that, unless they were allowed to visit the theatre, the skating rink, and a certain billiard room on their afternoons out, they would leave the academy. As the faculty did not accept this ultimatum, the ten carried out their threat and abandoned the institution. The spirited way in which these young gentlemen resented the tyranny of their superiors...
...Roberts, 14 Highland street...
...There certainly ought to be in a city of fifty thousand inhabitants; and if there is not, then let the one survive which gives the most to its patrons for their money. Nowhere was competition in horse-railroads better illustrated than at the time of the formation of the Highland Railroad Company. The Metropolitan had almost entirely disregarded the numerous petitions and requests of its patrons, until the Highland Railroad Company was formed and equipped, and we now see the effects of a healthy competition in the best horse-railroad system and equipments of any city in the Union...
...dinner to the crew of '81 was given at the St. James Hotel, last Friday evening. About forty gentlemen were present. Mr. Trenholm presided, and, in fact, was the only officer, the dinner being purely an informal one. The health of the crew was drunk with Highland honors, and was followed by twenty-seven cheers. Mr. Hammond and Mr. Brandegee responded. Congratulations were exchanged on the past, and hopes expressed for the future. Several other toasts were drunk, among them, "The Annex," and songs were given by various gentlemen. Altogether, the dinner passed off very enjoyably, and many gentlemen expressed...
...usual toasts were proposed. Mr. I. S. Whiting was called upon to respond for Alma Mater, and Mr. R. Sprague for the class; the latter toast, at Mr. Sprague's suggestion, was drunk with "Highland Honors." The toast to "The Ladies" was responded to by Mr. Godkin. Mr. C. R. Sanger responded for the committee. Mr. G. P. Upham was called upon to respond for the foot-ball eleven, and Mr. F. A. Barton for the base-ball nine. Mr. Brandegee, in his response for the crew, gave a brief description of the race last summer at Owasco Lake...