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...attempt was made to maintain anything like military order in the different classes...
...third attempt to have class races at Yale, only two six oared crews competed, representing '87 and '88. The '87 boat became filled with water, and the crew were taken off when the boat was on a level with the water...
...enthusiasm. The Seniors of Harvard have no right in such a procession, if they bear their intended transparency. No gentleman has the right to say or do anything to the detriment of the man whose salt he is eating. The Senior Class is equally bound in honor not to attempt to defeat the object of the Republican procession; a thing which they will attempt if they thus proclaim their hostility to Mr. Blaine...
...radical change has been hailed with enthusiasm by the students most concerned in its operation is but a mild statement. As far back as student memory reaches, the mathematics of freshman year has been a thorn in the flesh to generations of incoming classes. It is almost appalling to attempt the task of estimating the number of mathematics conditions which have, like a cloud before the sun, obscured the prospect of a degree to many of our fellow students. But all this, be it thankfully said, is changed now we must display a knowledge of analytics sufficient to gain...
...received with satisfaction by those who have its welfare at heart. From the 33 1-3 per cent. of a few years ago, to the 50 per cent. of to day, is a stride which the "grinds" will hardly notice, but which may serve to induce the "loafers" to attempt something like real work...