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...sentence perhaps many of us will disagree; and no doubt with the present sharp intercollegiate rivalry and the strong desire to win, many would dislike to see the suggestions in the Report carried out to the full unless all our college rivals should, at the same time, act upon similar suggestions. Yet if all colleges could be induced to look upon athletics with more of the English university spirit of "sport for sport's sake," guided by which training is much less strict and severe and the coach and members of one university crew watch the daily practice of another...
...number of students who come here for a single year necessitates the building of a dormitory, with furnished rooms. It is really a great hardship for a man, who intends to stay here but nine months, to be compelled to furnish a room. A new dining hall similar to the Foxcroft Club is also a much needed addition to the University...
...strongest objection to the Corporation plan of raising funds for an infirmary is that it is taxation of the majority for the minority without consent. The scheme is substantially similar to a plan of compulsory life insurance both in the benefits to be obtained from it and the principal arguments against...
Professor Moore last year gave a series of exhibitions, similar to the six beginning tonight, which proved very interesting. Professor Hanus also gave lectures last winter, of value to those who intend to become teachers, on the subject of his two addresses this winter. The two lectures by the French Department are likewise modeled on the plan of a very entertaining series of lectures held last year...
...movement has been started by the Board of Trade of New London, Conn., to establish an annual amateur regatta similar in nature to the English Henley Regatta, to take place on the Thames at New London. A committee has been appointed by the Board of Trade to put the matter before the college and amateur rowing interests of the country and if possible to establish the movement on a firm footing...