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...School was to be a reality in the near future. The building which will cost about $50,000 will be begun in the spring and rapidly pushed to completion. The larger part of the money is already subscribed and the Doctor has signified his intention of resting not a whit until the remainder of the amount is assured. The school already has four professors, two in Art proper, one in free-hand drawing and one in Archaeology. It is al ready rich in collections, possessing the "Sheldon Jackson collection of North American antiquities," the "Van Sennep collection of Greek terra...
...them the predicted victory. '89 deserves and receives the thanks of the college at large. Let us hope that the conclusion of the series with the Yale freshmen will be as gratifying as is the result of yesterday's game. The freshmen must not relax their offorts one whit, for a game at New Haven is yet to be played...
...glance at the list of officers chosen to represent eighty-six on her coming class day verifies the prediction made in the columns of yesterday's CRIMSON. The names of the gentlemen elected are sufficient to carry the assurance that the seniors of to-day will be not a whit behind their predecessors in the success of their class day observances...
much disturbance. A procession of boys, arranged in military order and headed by a "captain," used to march on Whit Tuesday with flags and music to a small hill or mount outside of the village, and there collect toll or "salt" from the bystanders and passers by, sometimes getting in this way over $5,000. After deducting a certain amount from this sum to cover expenses, the surplus was handed over to the happy "captain of the school...
...believe this to be the case. The improvements in the method of conducting, and the changes in the hour for holding, the service have indeed been complete, and most grateful to the college at large. But that these changes recommend the principle of compulsory attendance to the students a whit more, as worthy of support and continuance, is more than doubtful. We do not believe there are any in the college who would favor the establishment of such a system of compulsion if it were not already in rogue, and we think there are really very few who favor...