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...cost of the book at the end of the estimated time, and also pay something to the society. This is a plan which has successfully been adopted in several young ladies' boarding schools that I have heard of; and I think it only needs a fair trial to prove it a success here...
...team up to date were twenty-seven, among them, four from Harvard, two from Yale, and six or eight from Princeton. As the proposals of Mr. Fraser met with much approval on the part of the English and Irish players, it is expected that the trip will prove a great success, and more than pay for the expenses of travelling. Anucleus of five men were chosen who should themselves select the remaining members of the team. They were, Messrs. Davis of the Union Club, Boston, Cottle of Yale, Balch of New York, Hodge, a graduate of Princeton, and Gerndt...
EDITOR HERALD-CRIMSON.-In yesterday's issue of your paper, "Proctor" attempts to prove that the temperature of Mass. Was comfortable during the examination in History 2, because he did not open any windows. If there is no heat in an old building like Massachusetts and the temperature without is but a little above zero, the warmth of the room is hardly suitable for an examination, even if the windows are not open. Besides, the cold seems much more severe to a man who is sitting on a hard bench, cramped and motionless, than it does to another...
Yale is trying hard to establish an illustrated paper which shall rival the Lampoon. Yet, although their efforts may eventually prove successful, the project meets with much opposition. This shows the small influence which the Yale Art School has had upon the mass of students. Although it is deemed of enough importance to be established as a separate department, it has really exerted less influence than our courses in Fine Arts under Professors Norton and Moore. The influence of these courses upon the Lampoon has been considerable,-some of the men who have studied in the regular courses making...
...Yale News comments thus on the suggestion of the Boston Herald that an advisory committee of graduates be appointed to look after our nine: "We doubt very much if the surrender of the control of this branch of athletics to alumni will prove the best means for ensuring the undergraduate interest in base-ball, the lack of which at Harvard seems to us to be the real cause of her position in the league. If, when the full control of the base-ball interests are in the hands of the undergraduates, they fail to give the nine that enthusiastic support...