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...rooming in the north entry of Thayer have sent in a petition to the Faculty to the effect that the gas may be left burning in their halls throughout the night, for which they agree to pay on their term bill. We hope that it will be granted...
...whether these can rightly be called recreations, arguing that they require (and get) certainly more physical and not infrequently more mental exertion than the regular college duties. They argue further that the demands that such sports make on the body and mind for strength and endurance have an injurious effect. Of course there are extremes in all things, and too much time and brains spent on such recreations as base ball or foot ball are badly spent. Still, acknowledging the evils of extreme cases, one can certainly say with truth that good active exercise, which calls into play the muscles...
...brought out. The symphony which was heard here for the first time, has little in it of interest; it is unmelodious in its themes, and on the whole tedious. The andante was the most enjoyable movement. The work is written in the most advanced modern fashion, but the final effect is rather one of noise with but few really valuable ideas...
...petition is being circulated at Cornell, asking to have the library open in the evening. We wish a petition to the same effect would do any good here at Harvard...
...Melrose parade, the ears of the inhabitants of the aristocratic town of Salem were greeted with the melodious strains of the Harvard band, proudly marching through the streets as escort to the Republican legions of the Essex district. Several Harvard men led the band, adding greatly to the general effect by a reckless discharge of fireworks in all directions, now volleying in the policemen's backs, now in the muzzles of the band instruments, and now startling Salem's fair daughters by a reckless discharge at the windows. The band was warmly applauded along the route, and also met with...