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...report of the president expresses regret at the resignation of Mr. Arthur Gilman, the former regent, and embodies a set of resolutions which were adopted by the corporation of the college on the occasion of Mr. Gilman's resignation. An account is given of certain papers and memoirs prepared by advanced students. Some of these were considered by the professors worthy of publication and it was recommended that a fund be raised for the purpose. The paper considered the best one offered was written by Miss Follett on "The Speaker of the House of Representatives." This was too lengthy...
...Class Tree. It has been proposed that instead of the scrimmage, to which there seems to be so much objection, there should be a shower of flowers from the Tree upon the heads of the Seniors as they stand grouped about it. This would seem to be a pretty certain cheek upon all combinations and unnecessary disorder; and, on the other hand, the old flower tradition would be retained and the mementos prized as highly as ever...
...second ice polo game of the series with Brown will probably be played this afternoon on Spy Pond. This is the game postponed from last Saturday. It is not absolutely certain that the Brown men will come but they are expected unless word to the contrary is received...
...Senior class has every reason to be indignant. The Class Day Committee has not been fairly dealt with by the gentlemen of the Corporation. These gentlemen asked the committee for suggestions as to certain modifications of the exercises, they let it be understood that with these modifications they would have no objection to the ceremony about the Tree. After three weeks of diligent work, the committee drew up a plan which met every objection originally made by the Corporation. The flowers were to be lowered to avoid unnecessary roughness and to give every man an equal chance of getting flowers...
...objection that the occasion offers an acceptable opportunity for the settlement of past grievances is a matter difficult to determine, but doubtless the committee has obtained testimony on this point, as positive as that which props their first indictment. Certainly the present writer in his generation did not go hence unscathed, but he is equally certain that the trifling irregularity in which his collar button suffered fracture was untainted by any ignoble motives of revenge. However, this whole question is one to be determined by the individual members of the class. They might draw up a solemn covenant...