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...accustomed to attend all the fires both in Cambridge and in the surrounding towns, and soon became noted for their skill and efficiency. But their services were not always as beneficial as the people desired. the members of the society were too fond of practical jokes and were too often getting into scrapes to please the more quiet townsfolk. Once when the engine had been newly repaired, the students decided to try its power on an old house which was to be set on fire at a certain time. But the alarm was given too soon and many...
...announcement, just out, of the second part of the "Philosophical Series" by Pres. McCosh will interest students of Philosophy. The notice reads as follows:-No. V.-"Locke, with a notice of Berkeley." It is shown that Locke held by a body of truth, and that he has often been misunderstood; but that he has not by his experience theory iaid a sure foundation of knowledge. No. VI.-"David Hume as expounded by Huxley." It is unnecessary to examine Hume's skepticism, but it is best to do so in the defense of it by Huxley. No. VII.-"A Criticism...
...made. It is true that the means for the general dissemination of scientific knowledge and of the latest results of scientific investigation are to day exceedingly numerous. Nevertheless there is as yet no trustworthy means for the intercommunication of the results of class room or "seminar" work-work so often tentative and highly specialized and thus little likely of immediate publication...
...their class lives. It is no easy matter for the secretary to perform all the duties of his office under the most favorable circumstances, but his work becomes doubly hard when his class mates are slow in complying with his requests for data concerning themselves. This however is too often the case, especially of late years when the writing of class lives has apparently fallen into unmerited disrepute. It certainly is the part of all to do their best to aid the secretary, and it is only false pride or the poorest of poor taste for a man to refuse...
...back is an elastic insertion about eight inches long and diamond-shaped, which enables the players to bend more easily than the ordinary stiff jacket will allow. In the front is a large letter "H" in crimson silk. Instead of metal eyelet protectors, which in a scrimmage often tear the fingers, the holes are worked in silk. The crimson-gray over which the jacket is worn is of heavy knitted material, as are also the hose, both being made on machinery imported by the firm. The knee-breeches are of strong and heavy Canadian homespun goods...