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There seems to be a good deal said, and much of it in the way of complaint, of the severity of the training which the class crews, and one of them especially, are made to undergo. Cases have been mentioned of men of strong constitutions who have been so completely exhausted by the afternoon's work that besides losing all appetite and feeling out of spirits, they are utterly incapacitated from study or exertion of any kind in the evening. Such a state of over-training as this would indicate is so evidently suicidal to the interests of the crews...
...meeting of the freshman class Monday evening, just the wrong turn was given to the resolutions by the clause " - this complaint seems more severe than is deserved, nevertheless - ." A defense was made where an apology was needed. It is not for us to criticize the action of the public in being annoyed, - it is for us to apologize, not as if we were made to, but as if we did it voluntarily. Such an apology as ours is robbed of its grace and is hardly worth making...
...WHEREAS, Complaint has been made concerning the conduct of members of the freshman class at the Boston Museum on the night of December...
WHEREAS, This complaint seems to be more severe than is deserved, nevertheless...
...letter in the CRIMSON, there has been a growing feeling of regret among the members of the freshman class that anything should have happened on the night after the victory over Yale to annoy or mortify any one. While Dr. Bowditch seems to have had just cause for complaint, he appears to have overlooked the fact that a large part of the disturbance was caused by men not connected with Harvard at all. Nevertheless, since so much blame has fallen on the freshmen as a result of the unfortunate occurrence, would it not be a good plan...