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...attempt is to be made by the Y. M. C. A. of Yale to increase its general fund, to the amount of $50,000 to provide for the extension of the library and to cover general expenses...
...seems then that a powerful "combination" has been formed to make Harvard admit the Yale freshmen and Columbia 'varsity to the contests at New London. The plan is well arranged, and the attempt is ingenious. A despatch was sent yesterday to New Haven for further particulars in regard to the matter, but up to the time of going to press last night no answer had been received. The crew management has received no notice of the demands made by Columbia and Yale, and declines to make any statement in regard to the matter until after such notification shall arrive...
...rival colleges is due more to misrepresentation and misunderstanding than to any other cause. We have tried to keep our columns free from the continual petty wrangling seen in many of our smaller exchanges and which is useful only to the managing-editor for filling space. In this attempt to stop unnecessary debating and quarrelling, especially between Harvard and Yale, we have been ably seconded by the News and doubtless in the future will be met more than half way on the path of friendship...
...Legend of Chocorua" we are glad to welcome among college writings, for it is an attempt at something different from and higher than the usual class of literature. It is after the style which made Hawthorne famous in his short tales; but, to use an old saw, we regret to say, it is a long way after. The author has obtained some of the effects he was evidently striving after, and one or two good conceptions are worked out. As a whole, however, the "Legend" is strained, and the vagueness and mystery in it, instead of giving color...
Upon Wednesday last a very interesting and thoughtful article appeared in the Boston Post on "Harvard Graduates as Journalists." The article was an attempt to show why so many Harvard men have been received upon the staff of editors of the journals of this country. The writer says there are over fifty papers in the United States employing Harvard men on their editorial boards. Why is it then that Harvard has this supremacy in newspaper work and still offers not "special" attractions for one intending to enter journalism - that is, does not make a noise about her advantages for such...