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...annual supper of the Institute to celebrate the election of the Freshman ten, took place at the Parker House on Saturday, the 7th inst. In the selection of the locality the old custom was departed from; but the members considered that if anything could compensate for the loss of an evening's study, it would be a first-class supper with all the adjuncts...
...Yale, as we said above, was extremely loose. Wright should be credited with a fine catch in left field, however, and all agreed that Bentley's catching behind the bat was as good as anything in the game. We rather disliked the way Yale broke through the old custom of returning cheers after the match...
...subject is boldly and originally treated. We recognize the right of literary ladies and gentlemen, founded on custom, to paint us very black indeed; but we are used to being saved at the eleventh hour, and demand it as a right. We cannot, therefore, commend this poem for its sentiment, although the execution is eminently artistic...
...COMPLAINT comes to us that some underclassmen appear reluctant to give up their rooms to the Seniors on Class Day, as has been the custom for nearly thirty years. Indeed, in one case a Sophomore is said to have broken squarely the engagement he had made as a Freshman, and, when expostulated with, to have excused himself by saying that he was going to invite a large party of his own friends to visit him on the day in question! The old custom is a pleasant one, and there is no reason that it should be broken...
...long since, an article was published which discussed the present system of college penalties. At that time almost every student was delighted with the near prospect of voluntary recitations and the abolition of morning prayers. Then it was the custom to praise the Faculty for their liberal opinions in regard to college discipline. Then, too, some cherished the hope that in no long time this childish system of privates and publics would be done away with. That the rule against smoking in the yard had been set aside, was considered the first step in this direction. For some time, also...