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...sentiment of the meeting was emphatically against any such clapping and stamping as that of yesterday, and the majority of the board expressed the opinion that such action were ungentlemanly, and a disgrace to the association. The steward was asked to improve the lunches, by the addition of vegetables, and c., whenever it could be done without raising the price of board...
...action of the faculty in offering, through Mr. Wendell, advanced instruction in rhetoric and theme writing to those who have not been able to secure admission into English 5, is an indication of the desire of the college to strengthen the department of English and to enlarge the opportunities offered to those who wish to perfect themselves in the writing of modern English. It has been said for some time that there is a strong party in the board of overseers who are in favor of directing a larger share of attention in the arrangement of the curriculum...
...meetings are held under regular parliamentary customs, and all the details are observed as strictly as practicable, with cabinet members on the floor for questioning, and due notice of future action and the routine order as in parliament. There are many good points in this custom, for a familiarity with modes of procedure is learned in practice, and the training for off-hand speaking is excellent, as every member is put on his mettle, and while likely to be judged unsparingly, if he has ability it is quickly appreciated. Again the reproduction in the petty theatre of the rivalry...
...past few days, there have been rumors floating about of the intention on the part of the freshman class to attend some Boston theatre in a body. To any freshman who contemplates any such action, we can only say that he should be fully aware of the fact that the college has more than once shown its emphatic disapproval of any such expeditions. We had thought that this silly custom had died out with the flasco of last year, and wish to warn '87 against beginning its college career with its revival, Harvard is gradually reaching a point from which...
...Thayer was elected captain of the crew, in place of Storrow, resigned and Mr. Winslow was elected captain of the nine in place of Mr. Thayer. Mr. Bradford was re-elected captain of the eleven. Messrs. Halhert, Webster and Nutter were appointed a committee to take suitable action on behalf of the class in relation to the death of Mr. Greenough Thayer, late member of the class...