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HENCEFORTH the names of students, as they appear on the rank-list, will be divided into groups; each group containing those whose ranks range between certain per cents. The object of this is to avoid the excessive and useless time usually spent in getting up technicalities for the sake of one or two per cent more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 5/4/1877 | See Source »

With two months to choose from, Yale ought to find an available day, and if they refuse to do so, it will be with an evident desire to avoid a contest with us. As the Yale games are the most interesting and exciting of the season, we hope that they may take place this year, and as the matter has been brought forward thus early in the season, some satisfactory arrangement of the difficulty may yet be looked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

Since there will always be persons without sufficient judgment to discredit general remarks, those who pretend to be liberally educated should avoid them for the sake of their own reputation for common-sense. A man can make more sweeping assertions in five minutes than he could prove in a lifetime, and a habit of doing so is almost invariably a sign of an immature mind and a narrow judgment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BUSINESS vs. COLLEGE. | 2/9/1877 | See Source »

...gained no advantage except a certificate of membership. The truth is that French clubs and German clubs and chess clubs have no real reason for existence, and their life is consequently very artificial. A respectable literary society is sometimes worth joining. Other serious organizations I should advise you to avoid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS TO A FRESHMAN. | 2/9/1877 | See Source »

...they desire to protect themselves, their proper course is to join the Association at once. Investigations which are being made seem to show that the affairs of the Association have been very poorly managed, and it is certain that a new steward will be selected who will avoid the blunders of his predecessor. If a sufficient number of those who have been driven from the Hall by the mistakes of the past will give the Association one more trial, the price of board will undoubtedly be kept at a reasonable figure, the fare will be improved, and the commons will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/15/1876 | See Source »

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