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...place, as to the "professor in bowling." It is evident to any unprejudiced mind that such a person is a help, not a hindrance. At Yale the men have been clamoring for exactly the same thing that the Echo so strongly protests against. They have had no one to superintend their alleys, and in consequence the balls are cracked and chipped, and the lower end of the alleys converted into a mass of splinters by men who insist on bowling without removing their heavy boots. These splinters are liable to be run up under the nails, causing serious wounds...
...Gymnasium was opened to the University last Thursday, and all who have visited it recognize that Mr. Hemenway could not have made a wiser gift. The completeness of the appointments prove the wisdom of selecting Dr. Sargent to superintend their preparation, and those who have been impatient for the opening of the building must feel that they could well afford to wait for the perfecting of such advantages as the Gymnasium now offers. There is nothing more to be desired in the building except a full attendance of students of all departments of the University. No student can afford...
...that the number of men who devote themselves to athletics is so large, and the amount spent on their sports - including the incident dinners - so great, that men and money might be forthcoming in abundance. To insure the expedition's success a professor might accompany it to superintend the scientific arrangements, and aid the students in their studies during the long winters in camp. A successful termination of the enterprise would be of immense value to science, and the honor of a place on the successful sledge would surpass even that of pulling stroke on the 'Varsity. So much...
...soon perceives, from her oaths, perhaps, that even a Goody has no respect for a Freshman; still he is comforted by the vain hope that he will soon receive a visit from that victim of a task too great for human powers, who is supposed to be able to superintend a force of twenty five or thirty shiftless, shirking women, who have to do their work in three hundred rooms. Even if he is ever visited, he finds a single complaint of no use, for the "Queen Goody" has no time to see that her subordinate carries out her orders...
...OFFENBACH has entered into an agreement to write a grand spectacular opera bouffe especially for England. This piece will be finished during the autumn and brought out in London during the Christmas season. The subject is the story of "Whitington and his Cat." M. Offenbach will superintend its production in person...