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YOUR last issue contained an answer, by one signing himself "X'81," to the proposal for the formation of a Freshman Glee Club. We presume by the tone of this correspondence that the author has evidently been maltreated by the Lords of Creation (Sophomores). We also wish this gentleman to understand that when the Freshmen wish their hard treatment to be brought before the college (although a most interesting topic), we will take a man from our own class to express our grievances, not one who signs himself ex-eighty...
...what keeps toadyism alive, the obvious answer is the desire to be popular. Frankness of expression is not compatible with a certain popularity. Nay, more, if you would be popular, you must not by your silence let it be suspected that you inwardly frown on most or much or even some of your neighbors' modes of thought and action. Silence, because men do not know how much you disapprove, is more feared than open censure, and in the uncertainty your disapproval is overestimated, and in proportion feared...
...terror to my youthful mind. In her gloomy moods she said little, but expressed her feelings by occasional sniffs, which I found very trying. In her more cheerful moments she would unexpectedly spring all sorts of Bible questions upon me, and snort triumphantly when I failed to answer them. In the evening she would sing in a cracked, trembling voice the most dismal of old minor airs until I was sent trembling to bed, there to lie awake in terror, thinking every rat in the ancient house was a gibbering ghost. I once innocently asked her if she ever...
...years has not placed us in a position to yield. Accordingly, a reply was made to Columbia that she could have no advantage which Harvard did not have under her agreements with Yale. Columbia replied that she would "row only a university race," and she desired an answer to her original challenge. An answer was immediately sent, - a refusal...
...last year's 'Varsity are coaching them with marked success. Mr. Schwartz in particular gives surprising evidence of a decided talent for coaching, the benefit of which we trust the 'Varsity may also enjoy. The Columbia and Yale Freshmen have been challenged; at the time of writing no answer has been received from either, though the daily papers announce that Columbia declines. Yale would prefer a six-oar race, but our Freshmen wish to have an eight...