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...tennis. Many valuable courts have been destroyed by the new athletic grounds and their loss is sorely felt. If the nine is obliged to practice on Jarvis in the spring, the number of courts cannot be greatly increased over the present limited supply and much discontent will be the result. To prevent this, the Tennis Association would do well to see if it cannot procure some additional land, perhaps in the vicinity of Divinity Hall, or even at Yale the students do not complain of the distance they are obliged to go to reach their athletic grounds at Hamilton Park...
...bicyclist was recently coasting down a steep hill when his brake gave way. Arriving at the bottom of the hill he came to a bridge through which he had to pass, but when he saw a team of horses coming toward him he endeavored to avoid a collision. The result was that he was thrown a distance of 20 or 30 feet, where he was suspended by his clothing catching on to a pin of the bridge...
...faculty therefore should ofter every encouragment to men to undertake work of this sort. As a method of study in higher courses it is certainly invaluable, and it is no more than fair that a man should be permitted to offer his best writing,-writing which is the result of careful investigation and long thought,-as a substitute for forensics, which otherwise must too often be hastily and carelessly written on subject in which one can take no special interest, and to which he is able to devote no special attention...
...conclusion, the committee beg every man in Eighty-Four to remember that the officers elected, however contrary to his own wishes, will represent the desire of the majority of the class; and that therefore it is only gentlemanly to acquiesce in the result of the elections with the best possible grace, and do everything in his power to make the class day of Eighty-Four a pleasant and successful...
...time failed to send a crew to the Child's race. On each occasion she has disappointed the two other contesting colleges; and her course has been discourteous throughout. With her reasons for retiring we have nothing to do; but we have a right to be informed of the result of those reasons before the last moment. If Columbia feels that she cannot afford to supply crews for New London and the Schuykill, let her withdraw from the latter. Our Varsity would be glad to meet her on any other course, at any other time; but she has forfeited...