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LAST year a faint attempt was made to instil into the minds of the Senior class the propriety of discarding the absurd costume which has been in vogue for some years past on Class Day and Commencement, and of adopting in its place the decidedly more appropriate and scholarly garment of the gown. The attempt, however, proved futile, because the few men interested in the matter allowed the opportunity of making the change to slip away, through their inactivity in canvassing the subject, and in bringing its merits before the majority, who looked with the utmost indifference upon any plan...
...Class Day and Commencement it is, of course, befitting that all Seniors should wear a distinctive, appropriate, and uniform dress. An evening dress, worn as a morning costume, is manifestly absurd, and its inappropriateness undeniable. The gown has of old been regarded as the fit dress of scholars, and is unquestionably the only garment suitable for collegiate celebrations. Our faculty showed that they were convinced of this when they decided to appear in gowns on Commencement Day, and no reasonable objections can be offered against the adoption of them by Seniors on both the public celebrations. Their adoption does...
...lying are the same thing. All I tell you to do is to listen amiably to other men's nonsense, and to keep your own counsel. Remember to be enough of the man of the world never to be surprised at any theory that you may hear advanced, however absurd it may be. And remember to be politic enough not to openly express any doubt of the soundness of the opinions...
EVERY one knows how absurd this is, but it may serve, together with the letter upon boating which we publish this week, as a text for some remarks upon what the reporter calls our "enthusiasm." That we were not, last year, as enthusiastic over our crew as we should have been, is an admitted fact, and this gives a reason for the existence of such charges in regard to the training of the crew as are made in the letter referred to. No one can expect men to be very rigid in their self-discipline when it makes no apparent...
...idea of visitors coming to the Hall at meal-time is no less absurd than it would be for people to flock to one of our large hotels to see the guests eat. However, if they must come to the Hall, they ought to make no distinction between it and a hotel, and they ought to conform to the same rules of politeness which would govern them in such a place...