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After the recent defeat of the Bowdoin nine at Williams one of the Bowdoin men was overheard to remark at the depot, while waiting for the train, "If there's a nine anywhere in Massachusetts that we can beat, I'll give some one five dollars to trot them...
...right manipulate the trot...
Recitations in University Hall have been considerably annoyed of late by heavy teams passing upon a trot over the pavement in front of the building. This has caused the instructors to stop talking or else to make their voices inaudible to the classes. We feel very sure if the drivers of the teams were aware of what annoyance they cause they would walk their horses when near the building and thus make as little noise as possible...
...guileless and innocent, stepped into the office of the Co-operative Society the other day, and calling the gentlemanly assistant aside asked in a whisper if he could purchase a literal translation of Livy, vulgarly known as a "trot." Being answered in the affirmative, he requested that it should be carefully wrapped up, and with many an anxious glance around, fearing his wicked purchase had been seen, he slunk away...
...Besides, if the German weighs so heavily on him, he should bear in mind that Classen's is not the only edition of Thucydides, and that no special interdict has been proclaimed against English editions. In fact, I would advise the gentleman to get Scribner's text and a "trot...