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Once more we would call attention to the petition for an extension of time in which reserved books can be taken from the library. The short days of the present season plead their own arguments for this privilege. The petition has been placed in the Auditor's room at Memorial, and all who have not signed it are earnestly invited to sign it at once...
...said that there is no deliberate intention of circumventing the Co-op. In all the cases that have come to our notice, the men belonged to the society last year, but have not renewed their subscriptions. The year is now so far advanced that these men can no longer plead forgetfulness as an excuse. If they will stop and consider, they will see that their conduct, in the eyes of the college and the world at large, is remarkable, to say the least, and that the Co-op. will be justified in taking very stringent measures if the practice...
...appear that they are suffering under unavoidable injustice. If our treasury were receiving anything beside unpaid bills, we might feel like donating a few hundred dollars to the college for use in purchasing microscopes, but under the present conditions, we can only extend our sympathy to the unfortunates, and plead their cause among our richer, but not more generously disposed, neighbors...
...poetical way Boswell was not shaped enough on the Greek model to make such wooing a complete artistic success, for he straightway begins to feel that his suit is not prospering, and summons a friend to help him. His friend was to visit the 'divinity' at her home, and plead for him; and Boswell sent him the following "Instructions:" "Set out in the fly on Monday morning. Take tickets for Friday's fly. Eat some cold victuals. Wednesday. Breakfast at 8; return at nine; Thomas will bring you to Adamtown a little after eleven. Send up your name. Give Miss...
That is what is said. So far I must defend Plato, as to plead that his view of education and studies is in the general, as it seems to me, sound enough, and fitted for all sorts and conditions of men, whatever their pursuits may be. 'An intelligent man,' says Plato, 'will prize those studies which shall result in his soul getting soberness, righteousness and wisdom, and will disregard the rest.' I cannot consider that a bad description of the aim of education, and of the motives which should govern us in the choice of studies, whether we are preparing...