We have been informed that several persons have taken advantage of the fact that no charge has been made for admission to the Coquelin lecture this afternoon, to speculate with the tickets obtained through the courtesy of the Conference Francaise. It seems that some men have deliberately asked for a number of tickets, on the ground that they wished them for the use of their friends, and have then offered them for sale at prices ranging from fifty cents upwards. To say nothing of this abuse of a privilege, which, in itself, is an insult to the members of the Confernnce Francaise, such a transaction can be called nothing else than dishonest. That a man who calls himself a gentleman should stoop to such low means of adding a few dollars to his purse, is inconceivable. We would warn the students against such men. It is to be hoped that their speculative scheme may prove unsuccessful.
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