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...annual election of a President and a Vice-President of the Dining Association will be held at dinner tonight; that of Directors from the various classes of the College and departments of the University tomorrow night. The Corporation has granted the petition of the present management that there be added to the Board of Directors a representative of the members of the Graduate Department and of the offices of the University who are members of the Dining Association. This addition was asked for in order that the management might be strengthened by the presence in the Board of Directors...
...annual spring tournament of Exeter Academy will occur this year on May 12. A strong attempt was made to get Andover to contest in the various athletic events, and form an inter-scholastic association. For some reason or other the desired result could not be brought about, although it is possible that in the near future track athletics may be as important a fixture between the two academies as the football and baseball matches. There are twenty events in all, onehalf to take place in the morning, the other during the afternoon. Following is a list of the entries...
...first number of the second volume of the Harvard Law Review, which was issued yesterday, contains the opening part of the "History of Assumpsit," by Professor J. B. Ames. The writer treats of "Express Assumpsit" and examines the various theories which have been formed to explain the origin of the doctrine of "consideration" as a part of the law of contracts. The work is very carefully done. Mr. Schofield contributes a paper on the "Principle in Lumley vs. Gye and its Application." The article is a critical examination in its several aspects of the point decided in this noted English...
...training for the Mott Haven team were greatly annoyed yesterday afternoon by the action of some persons crossing the track on Holmes Field on the way to the base-ball ground. A steady stream of people kept pouring over the track when the various races were in progress, and many obliging individuals stolidly insisted on passing over directly in front of the runners, without changing their slow pace or seeming in any way affected by what was going on. During the bicycle race especially many individuals appeared utterly regardless of the feelings of the riders, and Mr. Lathrop was often...
...exclusive use of a small class of men. The athletes in this respect are a privileged set; they claim the University colors as their distinctive mark, and the college at large, more by indifference than anything else, has supported them. It may be urged that the members of the various athletic organizations are entitled to a certain mark of distinction for their peculiar services to the college. This is allowable. No one who does not belong to a 'varsity team would care to wear a large H on his sweater or jersey, or distinctive red and black stripes around...