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...that this time of the year always suggests, on the manner of conducting examinations. We have already published some advice to proctors, which doubtless will not be heeded. We hope in addition that the rooms where examinations are held will be kept at a respectable temperature. Neither a very cold nor a very warm room is favorable to prolonged mental activity. Again we hope that instructors, proctors, and students will treat their examinations fairly. "College honor" is no thoughtless phrase, and it should appeal to everyone who would be called a "College...
Secondly. I go to the gymnasium, I own a locker which is right by the door by which men enter the dressing rooms. Every time a man goes out or comes in, (and they average two a minute,) that wretched door fans a great cold drought of air down my spine and gets my teeth chattering as if I had the ague. Could not the authorities hang a thick curtain over the end of the little passage-way in front of the door so as to break this draught? It might impede hasty ingress and exit, but it would...
...agents" might have a convenient field in which to go harvesting; but, nevertheless, yard, college, and buildings are grossly misused in these several ways. At this time complaints against beggars, impostors and peddlers are particularly common about college. We believe that students in the college buildings cannot be too cold in receiving, or too warm in dismissing, the peddlers and beggars that come to their rooms. Extreme lack of cordiality is the only sure way of getting rid of these objectionable callers...
...candidate invites his most intimate friends, and the night is spent in merry toasts and numberless bottles of champagne. Herein the German student shows how superior is his mind to that of our college man who sits up all night with nothing to cheer him but a cup of cold coffee and a wet cloth around his aching head. Arrayed in dress coat and white gloves, the candidate, followed by several of his friends, appears before the august assembly of professors. After an interchange of civilities in Latin and profound reverential bows, the student is invited to read his thesis...
...McKenzie's remark during the service yesterday morning that, "No one can stand before thy cold," was so true that many men forced smiles upon their frozen faces...