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...advertised Straw-hat Day has come and gone does the University have a faint suspicion that the season may have changed. For some of us, it may be the knowledge that our fancies are lightly turning; but how uncertain a sign! Not until the haberdashers round the Square cry aloud that Harvard's Straw-hat Day has come, when we meet Princeton on the track and diamond; not until we are enticed within to examine the copious supply of Panamas and Leghorns, and reappear with a "straw" in place of the old felt hat;--not till then do we feel...
...daybreak and were kept at their studies by candle-light. If the frequent verbal admonitions of their tutors failed to keep them at their books, a stout stick was resorted to. One unfortunate youth, on being chastised by the Reverend Nathaniel Eaton, first President of Harvard, cried aloud for Heaven to sustain him while the Reverend Mr. Eaton plied an industrious birch. He was then given another thrashing for taking the name of God in vain...
...gone through hour examinations, they have had a regular athletic team, but they have not heard Professor Copeland read. This evening in Smith Halls Common Room they will have that privilege, for it is a great privilege to hear or see the best. We all like to be read aloud to, and if many of us object to this sort of thing frequently it is because the reading is not done well. Professor Copeland does not only read well; he reads better than anyone else. But more than this, his remarks and his talk--please do not think he will...
...vigorous protest from Yale against extravagant expenditures in college athletics has come not a moment too soon. It puts into plain language what the authorities of many other institutions have been thinking but have not ventured to speak aloud. Yale can utter this protest with good grace for she has not been by any means the worst offender...
...Modern Language Conference. "On Reading Aloud." Professor Sheldon. Common Room, Conant Hall...