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...been the aim of the society to spread its principles by having men who practiced these principles, and whom the mass of students were bound to respect, to come to Cambridge and address public meetings of the society. We do not wish to conduct ourselves as fanatics, but in a manly, dignified manner deport ourselves according to the principles we represent, so as to obtain at least the respect and good will of the majority of our fellow students...
...Resolved, That the appointment of speakers for commencement day be here-after made on the grounds of the student's general record of scholarship, her literary ability and her conduct during her college course...
...Since you have deemed it best that the speakers for commencement day should hereafter be appointed on what has always, tacitly, at least, been understood as the basis, viz., the student's 'general scholarship, literary ability and conduct throughout the course,' and since we do not believe it right that we should accept appointments which thus distinguish certain of our number as 'honor girls,' we respectfully ask that, in our case at least, no honor list shall in any way be announced, and that commencement exercises, as conducted by the students, be omitted. Our own wish would be that...
...that in making selections, as all the candidates cannot speak, in their opinion the most practicable method is according to the principles stated in their action of February 26, namely, that appointments be given according to the student's record of general scholarship, her literary ability and her conduct during her college course...
...complied with in several instances, but it was generally observed that the claret punch entertainments were neglected by those for whose edification they had been provided, and that the rooms where the old fashioned article was set forth were extensively patronized. But, for all that, there was no disorderly conduct in the yard, and the stories that have been told of riotous conduct on the part of the future alumni were the merest fiction. Of course, the boys, both old and young, are always excessively jolly on these occasions, and sometimes their conduct wakes the echoes under the towering elms...