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...misunderstanding about this matter generally, and particularly among the freshmen. They must not think that the intention was to shut them out from the tree, because they were freshmen, as a punishment for not defeating Yale. It is well known, that last year on class-day, the enclosure around the tree was entirely too closely crowded to admit of the ceremonies being carried on with perfect success or even convenience. It was seen from this that a part of the college would have to be excluded from the tree hereafter. As a whole class would have to be excluded...
...Noah's ark in the Hill of Hissarlik, and he found it on the second day, not more than seventy feet below the surface. Later excavations have laid bare the entire ark, though, thanks to the great discoverer's precaution in putting a board fence around it and in compelling his workmen to dig with their eyes blindfolded, no one except Dr. Schliemann and his wife has yet seen the ark. Of the identity of the vessel discovered by Dr. Schliemann with the original ark there can be no doubt, inasmuch as the name "Ark" is still on her stern...
...groping in absolute ignorance, the more satisfaction does he seem to take unto himself. This rule the authorities have enacted and it is their duty to see that it is rigidly enforced. Yesterday, during the examination under one of the finest professors in the university, the proctors were sent around toward the close of the three hours to inquire of the men who were being examined how much of the paper each one had finished. When it was ascertained that no one had completed over two-thirds of the work assigned, the professor rose and kindly informed the men that...
Harvard College is too business-like. It may not be advisable to stop recitations for any and every little holiday peculiar to this section of the country, but when a day of national observance, like Washington's Birthday or Memorial Day, comes around, it certainly looks as if we too might take part in the observances which are the privilege of the humblest in the land. The example of a certain professor in the Law School, who notified his sections that he would not lecture Tuesday, as it was a legal holiday, is commendable...
WINNIE VERDANTIQUE, '03.In a number of the Harvard Daily Janitor (so called because it came around twice a week) we find an account of the class races that took place on the same date that the above petition was written. The article referred to says : "On last Saturday the weather was so inauspicious that it was found necessary to postpone the races until this morning." We do not wish to make any prophecies concerning the result of the contest, because things have come to such a pass that if we dared to express our humble opinion our office would...