Word: items
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...dwell on it here. What we do advocate is that the college authorities, beginning with this year's final examinations, shall eliminate with the present chances for serious mistakes, by providing the blue books at the time of the examination. Let them, if they will, add a slight item to the term bill to cover the extra expense incurred, but let them by all means take this step to make the machinery of examinations run more smoothly and with more certainty...
...between the crews of the English universities occurs much earlier in the year than our race does, and this would make it necessary for the English crew to keep in training for three months or more after their own race. On our side the obstacle has always been the item of expense...
...freshman crew had a harder time. It was heavily handicapped by receiving no gate money and by having such a heavy item as keeping a dozen men at New London for ten days. Although their expenses were over $2,000 they managed to clear a surplus of $43 from subscriptions and gifts from the Glee Club, nine, etc. $1,829 was subscribed...
...next misstatements to be noticed are that "the furniture estimate is absurd on the face of it," and that "the most glaring inconsistency in the official announcement as set forth in the above table lies in the item of expense for rooms." The explanation of the low figures lies in the fact the that most of the rooms in the college yard are occupied by two men-a fact which the World's correspondent has entirely neglected to mention. It is not necessary to quote price-lists of rooms and furniture to show that a reasonable number...