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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...went into German, and was informed that a large amount of reading at sight outside of the regular work would be necessary, if I wished to make progress. Of course I wanted to make progress, so I determined to give up one of my theatre evenings to German at sight. Then I went into Greek, and was told that the history of the period must be worked up before the mid-year examination. Well, that was n't so bad. I could give up a few of the afternoons that I had intended to devote to calls. I went into...
...college editors have recently been assaulted, one on the Yale News, the other on the Columbia Spectator. The Spectator has the following editorial in regard to the matter: "The editor in charge of the illustrating department has been forced by a regard for his personal safety (he is now suffering under the effects of a thrashing delivered in consequence of the last cartoon) to put in black and white that which until the publication of the said cartoon he had not deemed necessary; id est, that the faces that have appeared and shall appear in these pages have been...
...entry to a show for a seat in the boats, and to secure this it would seem to be fairer to draw the lots from a hat, rather than have the captains choose from the list in turn. Possibly the "lot" system may have been followed generally, but in one or two cases we think...
...amateurs. W. O'Keefe and J. H. Noonen, both rather fast walkers, are also expelled. Armstrong was the amateur champion of America, and had a mile record of 6.44, if memory serves us, and Mott could also do his mile close to seven minutes. Their loss is a serious one to the amateur athletic interest of the country...
...Work is progressing on the track on Jarvis, and we can promise completion in from a week to ten days. The surface will be spaded up to a depth of one foot; eighteen inches will be removed from the inside all the way round, and the track carefully graded and rolled. We think that the track can be made from four to six seconds faster in the mile, and that this work will effect it. We omitted to say that the track will be carefully cindered to a depth of an inch, which will greatly add to its speed...