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...request from U. 5 comes to us to the effect that men should consult the last edition of the college catalogue in selecting courses...
...said that its presence was not lacking amongst us now. "These are the signs which shall mark the coming of the spirit of God, and which to-day shows the working of the divine power within us. Although these visions have often led to mistakes and excesses, yet the effect has always been, as a whole, good. They have remained as that which was permanent in the old Jewish system of theology and in the Christian church. In fact, Christ's life is but a monstrous, aspiring dream, which for centuries has astounded and will continue to astound...
...recognize the disinterested spirit in which Mr. Garrison, whose letter on "Harvard Economy" we reprinted yesterday, censures the prevalent customs of Harvard living. But we confess our inability to see in how far such a criticism can effect the change desired by those whose opinions Mr. Garrison has so well represented. We acknowledge much truth in what the gentleman urges, but take exceptions to his sweeping method of dealing with the evils. Let us see. What do we have proposed? The abolition of the secret, societies "whose end is secrecy and exclusiveness," a decrease in the monetary support...
...suppose that the roots from which these ancient customs grew are still lying hidden in the college soil. Long ago, then, as we said, it used to be customary for the new-fledged sophomores to serve notices upon the budding freshmen, or otherwise violently communicate with them, to the effect that on this eventful evening free drinks should be standing ready for the august members of the sophomore class at which symposium the freshman hosts should prepare themselves for either use or entertainment. Of course these notices are accompanied with the usual threats in case of their refusal...
Such temptations are unquestionably to be found in the secret societies whose end is secrecy and exclusiveness. They are to my mind the greatest (and a most insidious) evil in the present constitution of the college, and are the nurseries both of extravagance and of vicious habits. Their debasing effect on those who aspire to them as a mark of distinction is, I apprehend, not realized by the faculty, though Yale offers such a warning example of the same corruption. How far it is well or possible for the authorities to interdict such associations and how far to check them...