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...annual intercollegiate regatta, which is, as yet, nothing more than an experiment, deserves to be perpetuated as a custom, is a disputed question; but even if it should be answered unanimously in the affirmative, the advocates of the lately proposed system of literary contests still have their case to prove. The chief advantage of the regatta is said to be the increased disposition for physical work which it fosters in the minds of undergraduates generally, by bringing into popularity so healthy an exercise as boating. This it does in two ways, by encouraging rowing among those who train...
...wine. But there are a large number of men, and they make up a considerable part of the students, whose ambition is not great, nor incompatible with occasional excess. Their position is such that they lose no friends, if they are only prudent, whatever they may do. In such cases a pledge would fail, for all to a man would refuse to sign it. Nor do they need such a thing. They drink too much just as they eat too much; no particular harm results in either case except to the individual...
...number of these could be lessened if, as is not now the case, they could be brought up from childhood to the proper use of wine or ale. Once accustomed to drink in their homes and at the table, looking upon these drinks as a part of their dinner, they would early in life contract the habit of their regular and moderate use. In those districts of France where meat is a rarity, on feast days the tables overflow with it. Course after course of it is brought on, and the guests eat to satiety...
...primary object of the regatta is to test the merits of the crews, no crew having the slightest advantage over another as regards position, etc.; and this being the case, the first point sought after is a proper rowing course, irrespective of any and all other considerations. Now, the course at Saratoga is undoubtedly all that could be desired, while that at New London is rendered very doubtful by the probabilities of rough water, so that as far as the advantages for rowing are concerned there can be no choice between the two places. Indeed, the former place is regarded...
...this reason it is now proposed to do away with this list of children who don't pay and make instruction free to all. But even were education obligatory and free, we still should not occupy a very high position among enlightened nations. And that this is the case is not due solely to the fact that the peasant does not like school, not knowing the value of education, nor yet is it because of the cost of procuring an education, that our schools do not realize the good that we have a right to expect of them; there...