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...present the almost uninterrupted series of victories that it does. But still, that external sympathy could not take the place of home support was shown by the fact that for about two years lacrosse hung between life and death. Indeed it was deemed of so little consequence, and the attempt to introduce it was thought to be so hopeless, that there is no mention made of the game in the college papers until May 9, 1879, when the Advocate editorially speaks the first welcome word for lacrosse in the following words.: "The members of the lacrosse team deserve the thanks...
...conclusion to the satisfaction of the representatives of both parties. It is to be regretted that Yale insisted upon publishing the correspondence on the subject. Our own Boat Club did all in their power to keep the matter private. That the Yale Boat Club made no such attempt is shown by the fact that in some cases letters from the Yale Boat Club to ours appeared in the papers before they had been received here. The folly of this policy has been sufficiently demonstrated by the ridiculous press comments the controversy has aroused. In future we hope that an agreement...
...current Nation contains a very sensible article on the higher education of women, which cannot fail to interest all students who look upon this question with impartial eyes. For however we may attempt to disguise the fact, the question is becoming more and more a vital one for educational institutions. The recent attempt to introduce women into Columbia College is but one of the many indications of the feeling at present pervading the country Although we cannot believe that the experiments at Ann Arbor and Cornell have as yet received sufficient trial to prove the ultimate success of a system...
...last edition of the X. Y-Z. correspondence, to be found in our columns this morning, contains a sensible suggestion, and we hope that this attempt to mediate between the Memorial directors and their constituents will be successful. A vote on the subject of doing away with coffee on the dinner bill of fare would show the directors the sentiment of the members, but though this should be regarded in reconsidering the matter, the decision should by no means rest with the vote. The directors are the best judges in regard to the expenses of the hall, and a vote...
...over the recent introduction of the honor system at that college. "It has been known for some time," it cries, "that certain professors were very anxious to introduce into the university a system of honors resembling closely that in vogue at Harvard. In the first place it is an attempt to transplant into Cornell soil a plant which has flourished passably well among the cultured shades of Harvard. Perhaps it might be more exact to say that it is an attempt to ingraft upon the Cornell stock an offshoot of the Harvard system. For it is noteworthy that only that...