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...immediate accommodation. If the force of cooks is insufficient, it must be increased, even at the risk of raising the price of board a few cents. The Dining Association is an institution in which so many men have an interest, that those to whom its management is entrusted cannot afford to leave many openings for criticism, or give cause for serious complaint...
...however, by the Union Boat Club, whereby the bridge will be so constructed that it will injure the present course in no material way. And so rather than a hindrance the new bridge will prove a real benefit, even to the boating interests of Harvard. For will it not afford increased opportunities to the spectators at the races...
...style, reading is but one. Desultory reading, if care is not exercised, will almost invariably induce a looseness of handling in writing and a lack of distinct expression. A close study of the very first masters of English prose is, perhaps, the only means open to students who cannot afford to gain the cultivation offered by the composition courses. Even among standard authors a choice should be made. This is a point, however, which each student must exercise his individual taste. But upon his taste will depend, almost invariably, the character of his style...
...contributor to a recent number of the Yale News advocates that a congress be established at that college. Such a congress would, in general, afford very much the same opportunities for debate and discussion that Harvard men now enjoy in the Union. This proposal which is made at Yale is but one of the many with which our college papers all over the country are filled. To-day there seems to be a sort of fever in our American colleges for starting congresses, houses of commons, and the like. The formation of such debating societies, which shall keep the students...
...creditable, such poems are worth writing and publishing. We believe that to-day the poems in college papere are among the most attractive features, and do not expect than any but such severe critics as Mr Howells can wish the young writers checked in their writing. No art can afford to be without an apprenticeship...