Word: columnism
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...another column we clip a letter from the Advertiser, in regard to the voluntary attendance at prayers and church, showing the position which many influential men are last taking on this subject. It has come to be regarded as only a question of time when the present rules in regard to attendance at prayers and at church must be abolished or changed in such a way as to give much more freedom for the students to follow their inclinations in such matters than they have at present. It seems to be a step in the right direction to find...
...communication of the treasurer of the University crew, in another column, shows that he has not been seconded by the college at large as well as he had a right to expect, in his endeavors to raise the subscriptions necessary for the support of the crew. It is certainly but courtesy to return the stamped envelopes, but to pay no attention to them shows a want of consideration of the time and trouble the treasurer of the crew is obliged to give to these matters...
...York weekly, the first number of which has appeared, has the title of The Student and Statesman. It is to fill somewhat the same sphere occupied by The Nation. It will have a column devoted to college news, and the design is to make it, in some degree, a university paper...
...regard to the communication in another column on the marking system, we can only state that our contributor makes the mistake of assuming that the men who substitute theses for forensic are relieved from some share of the year's work. The amount of work required in the preparation of a thesis is supposed to be fully equal to that required in writing the forensics. The fact that the mark given in a special course on a thesis differs from that given in the English department can be explained by the fact that although in a forensic matter is regarded...
...appeal made by the treasurer of the Boat Club in another column ought to meet with such prompt response as to make further appeals for the same object unnecessary. The college should at all events show that it is unwilling to slight the needs of a victorious crew. We hope that the freshmen in particular will see fit to contribute largely. Fewer organizations are dependent for financial support on them than on any other class, and they should show their interest in the success of Harvard's athletics in a substantial...