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...deserving of the severest censure, tending as it does to bring the college into disrepute among the good citizens of Cambridge. We sincerely hope that nothing of this kind will take place again. We would also inform the freshmen that there is a college rule forbidding the kindling of bon-fires within the yard, and, althongh we think this is an uncalled for regulation, we believe in yielding obedience to established authority, and therefore trust that no more fires will be lighted within the interdicted territory...
...from a neighboring wheel wright's shop, front gates, fence rails, and in fact anything they could lay their hands on. The fool-hardiness of some who poured on kerosene from tin cans, which the flames almost seemed to envelop was extraordinary; it is only a wonder that the bon-fire had not served as a funeral pile for these rash youths. Balch, the anchor of the tug-of-war team, was the hero of the hour; again and again he was carried around the fire on the shoulders of his exultant classmen. The presence of the army of proctors...
...Yale Courant, describing the Peabody Museum, gives utterance to the following bon mot. "In a large room on the first floor, lectures on scientific subjects are frequently given, one on the evolution of a Princeton man from a lump of New Jersey mud being especially popular...
...from us to attempt to discourage any festivities after a wellearned victory over a formidable rival. Indeed, we heartily indorse enthusiasm in such matters, but it seems unfortunate that any men should have built a bon-fire upon the grass in the yard. There are many places about the grounds where a fire can do no harm. Why then should not men have a trifle more pride about appearances? The building of a fire upon the lawns kills all the grass immediately underneath it and scorches much more for many yards around, so that the evil effects can be seen...
...somewhat rare circumstance in the death of a college journal." He also speaks in the highest terms of the "Lampoon,"-"the success that attended "Lampy's effort" in view of the usual fate of American humorous journals, is good evidence of the excellence of its work. Many of its bon mots and verses have been exceedingly clever, and some of its cartoons are worthy of Du Maurier, "and again, speaking of "the latest development in American college journalism," he says, "the college daily paper is emphatically a news paper. Its comments on the news of its college are usually brief...