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...much importance to be decided without having the opinion of graduates of some years' standing, and without consulting their wishes. This met with some opposition from undergraduates, but the idea was supported by Mr. Warren, of '75, who thought, too, that we owed something to the colleges who had beaten us while we were in the association, and that if we withdrew we should offer to row them, after or before any other race in which we might take part...
...wishes; and although of enormous resources compared with some of her fellow colleges, she must descend to their level, and acquiesce in the desires of a college of a hundred and fifty men all told. And this objection is not removed by saying that some of these Liliputians have beaten the monster, and, therefore, Harvard must consider their needs. There are but thirty odd men in the L. S. S., who, however, can turn out a crew capable, probably, of beating any class crew in college; yet it would not be fair that a class of two hundred men, capable...
...excuses - fellows won't subscribe, rowing men won't row, and the ball nine - well, something is the matter there; and things have now come to such a pass that the Alma Mater looks only to our foot-ball team for some autumnal laurels, - and we have n't beaten Yale...
...tell you, Bob, about a week before the College Regatta our men begin to take the interest which should be felt now, and all the time; and until it is felt, Harvard will have to stay in the Convention and be beaten every year. As I said before, the majority of fellows here don't take any interest in athletics, don't care for politics, don't read, won't study, and can't even talk outside the limited tether of college elections, gossip, the theatre, the lightest reading of the Saturday Evening Gazette, and the funny columns...
Gabled roofs and beaten sashes...