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Sufficient money has been obtained for the erection of the base-ball building, and work upon it has begun. It will be finished by the first of the winter term, and will be put in immediate use...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- The great danger of fire in any of our college dormitories is in the use of open grates. If these grates can be protected so that the coals can not fall upon the carpets, there is almost no danger. At present the only fenders are pieces of iron about two inches high; and these are almost worthless. By putting in proper fenders the college would protect its property much more effectually than by an unlimited amount of fire apparatus stored away in the basements of the buildings. Such fenders could be made very cheaply of wire gauze...
...faculty of Dartmouth have just adopted a new system of rules in regard to the government of the students. This system is modeled to a great extent after the one now in use at Harvard, but the details have not yet been fully worked out. The principal change is in regard to the manner of making out the reports of the students. At present, each student is given his rank and position in the class according to a marking system. After this term. however, the classes will be divided into groups according to rank...
...present in the prospective junior ball, announced for December twenty-first. This reception is honored in most American colleges but not until this year has it been proposed at this institution. The committee, consisting of Messrs. Gildersleeve, Coudert, Gerard and Reeve, have obtained permission of the faculty to use the library building on this occasion. Instructors are cordially co-operating with the committee of arrangements in their endeavors. All Columbia students are invited to attend, and a great success is predicted...
...early part of the coming month as they had hoped. It seems to us that in the future it would be policy to leave the float alone until an order comes from the captain of the 'Varsity crew to take it away, and if any class crew desired to use the float when there was danger of its being carried off by the ice, a bond sufficient to cover all damages could be left with the Bursar. It is a pity that such commendable energy in rowing matters should be nipped in the bud, and at a time, too, when...