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...would in part at least defeat its own ends. The abolition of the H. A. A. ticket preference, which is recommended, would detract so materially from the value of these tickets that their sale would undoubtedly be much reduced, and their usefulness would be decreased in like ration. A suggestion that Sophomores and Freshmen be limited to one seat each in the cheering section, or that their applications for two seats should come after those of the graduates, is not calculated to find favor in the college. The undergraduates are here only for a limited time and then are scattered...
...examination. Persons desiring to enter this examination should at once write to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., for application blanks, Form 304, which should be properly executed and promptly forwarded to the Commission. The salary of a cadet is $500 per annum and one (1) ration...
...utility. One of his first works on returning from Germany was to investigate and select the proper material for the service pipes of the Boston Water Works. He was a member of the committee for the defence of Boston Harbor in the Civil War. He also devised a marching ration for the army which was very widely adopted. In 1873 he was one of the United States' commissioners to the World's Fair in Vienna, and in 1876 he was commissioner at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia...
...also by the students whose only object is to obtain more private exercise. When the Hemenway Gymnasium was first built, it was thought that it would prove sufficient for the needs of the college for many years. If, however, the athletic interest continues to increase in its present ration, new accommodations will be needed in the near future...
SOLDIER, 'Ration? They did n't give us any rations except what we had in our knapsacks...