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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Every man who enjoys shooting will be interested to learn that the first regular meeting of the Shooting Club will be held tomorrow. The club extends an invitation to every one to come out and try for the team. This team has now become one of the regular college institutions, whose intercollegiate matches are watched with the greatest interest, and which has, as a rule, been fairly successful. The men who formerly represented the club best are no longer able to shoot, so that an excellent chance is offered for marks men to become members of a university team...
...much surprised to learn that not enough freshmen have yet signed for the scratch races on Thursday to warrant any attempt to provide for a race. The freshmen evidently do not understand what a chance they are allowing to go by. These scratch races take place every year; they are nothing new, and until this year there have always been more men on hand than could be accommodated. As we have said before, it is not essential that a man know anything about the science of rowing, or that he has ever even been in a boat-the object...
...standpoint rarely taken in discussions on college expenses. He asserts that, acting on the principle of freedom which is rapidly gaining ground in the academic side of the university, a father who can afford to grant his son a large income should do so. The latter may thus learn, when young, how to take care of his money and satisfy tastes which may be a help and pleasure in time of future trouble and business cares...
Professor W. G. Lake of Dickinson college, has written some instructions about playing football in the Dickinsonian. He says: "Run whenever you get a chance; practice wrestling, dodging and falling. Learn all the signs perfectly...
...will be seen by his advertisement in another column, J. H. Farley, an experienced court reporter, affords an opportunity to all students desiring to learn the "Winged art" of short-hand. Mr. Farley is teacher of stenography in the Holyoke High School, where he instructs a large class weekly...