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...matter what they may think about the advisability of morning prayers as now carried on, still feel they owe it to themselves to behave respectfully; - to say nothing of those who join in the service for deeper reasons. Those who make the disturbance seem to forget that Harvard's boast has always been that whatever her merits or demerits elsewhere, her undergraduates are gentlemen in more than mere externals...
...have invariably shown in victory as well as in defeat, becomes still more worthy of our admiration. We sincerely trust that no efforts to further the enterprise, so happily inaugurated, will be spared, and that the efforts will lead to success. And in the near future when Yale may boast of her extraordinary athletic facilities we will look for a list of long contested and well earned victories won by the crimson, despite the advantages enjoyed by the blue. We wish Yale the highest success in her undertaking...
...that the hour of morning prayers be made earlier is well worth remark. The evident purpose which has instigated this movement is, that the afternoon hours of each day may be free from recitations, and therefore open to exercise by the college athletic teams. The News takes occasion to boast that "there is no other institution in the country" which possesses "a strong enough love for their college or a general enough appreciation of her needs, to pass such resolutions." Some of our more ardent friends of the prayer petition are inclined to contend that in this very particular Harvard...
...deeper, and live faster than the students of other colleges? Let us look at the matter a little closer for a moment. In a university so large as Harvard it will be possible to find students of every shade of private character. Some of us affect the Byronic and boast themselves "perfect Timons, not nineteen." Others betray the evil course of their life quite unconsciously. A few of us are cheats, and betray it in all that we do. But notwithstanding such exceptions, is it true that the spirit of Harvard fosters a loose morality and tends to elevate...
...very great, and it may be truly said that this great progress was largely due to Mr. Sibley's devotion to the interests of the institution. Harvard certainly has every reason to be thankful to one who has helped her in attaining to what now is her proud boast, "the largest and best college library in the country...