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...there are no amateur clubs in our immediate neighborhood, it would seem almost inevitable that our nine, of which we have justly been so proud, should fall rapidly from its high position, all for want of practice. There can be no doubt that the real interests of the nine demand this step, and the interests of the nine lie very close to the hearts of most college men. We wait with the greatest anxiety to hear the decision of the Corporation in this matter, and we know that our suspense is shared by a very large number in all classes...
...advertisements. "Our price (5 cents) is somewhat exorbitant," say the editors, who modestly keep their names in the background, "but it will be lowered as soon as we are assured of our financial support." In justification of their "innovation" they urge "the dulness of the times and the demand for news," which latter commodity they apparently propose to manufacture, inasmuch as the Record and Courant are supposed to publish all that happens at Yale...
...German, bouquets are de rigueur, and the inconvenience of sending flowers oftentimes, no doubt, deters men from asking ladies to the assemblies. It is our desire to correct this impression as far as we can, using as our authority the assurance of many ladies that partners are all they demand for the evening. Full satisfaction will be given the ladies by the certainty they will not be left to ornament the corners. If they are kind enough to come at all to Cambridge, it is certainly no more than courteous of us to place ourselves at their disposal...
DURING the past two years the changes at Gore Hall have caused necessarily so much noise and confusion as to demand great patience and forbearance on the part of all who used the Library. Those students whose electives obliged them to study there worked under special disadvantages, and justly felt that they were deprived of many of the benefits a library should give. Complaint, however, was useless, because, until the extension was completed, relief was impossible...
...composition. In the case of a paper published at a college where little or no attention is given to athletics, it would be unwise to devote any considerable space to records of sports; but in a college where all kinds of athletics find encouragement the students rightly demand that their papers shall give a large share of attention to this much-abused department...