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...NOTICE on the first floor of College House requests the inhabitants to be quiet on account of the illness of a student. A mat is spread in the hall to stop the noise of walking, - a precaution which suggests that it be permanently kept up. A wicked Sophomore was heard to remark that if illness brings mats into the hall, it might be desirable to have an invalid constantly in the building...
...Sturgis, '81, competed, and, after a very pretty contest, secured second place, with a record of 5 ft. 5 in.; Edmands, of the Unions, clearing 5 ft. 6 in. very gracefully, for first place. Neither of these records can stand, however, as the jumps were made from a mat instead of from the floor; and it really seems too bad that the Union Athletic Club, which claims to be the representative Athletic Club of Boston, should sanction any custom which casts a doubt upon the genuineness of the records made at their meetings...
...other opportunities of viewing its interior (decorated by Mr. MacPherson). A few moments' meditation there will calm, soothe, and prepare you for the ordeal which must immediately follow. If the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals has not left the key, where he generally keeps it, under the mat, you may obtain it from the Professor of Bell-ringing; or, if you choose, you may climb in through the window, - an easy and pleasant way. When strengthened by your devotions, you can next look in on that kind and urbane old gentleman, who will be a very father to you during...
...lack of care in adapting them to our uses. Thus in fencing a 34-inch flat-bladed foil is required, though it is stated on good authority that there is hardly a foil of that description in the State. Rule 4 for vaulting refers to vaulting from a mat, a custom which is never practised here...
...dust can be seen on any of them. On seeing such a book-case in a room, I immediately look to see if my boots have left any mud on the carpet, I feel uncomfortable about my umbrella, and wish that I had left it on the door-mat outside. And when we leave, I am sure that if I listened at the door, I should hear my late host straightening my chair, and in like manner obliterating the other traces of our call...