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...body elected by the members of the Association, that is, by the students who board at Memorial. This Board of Directors, besides having in its charge the arrangement of various minor matters pertaining to the carrying on of the Association, is empowered to make and put into effect any changes in the regime of the Hall that may seem good to them, provided that such changes meet with the approval of the Corporation. In short, as far as the management of the Association is concerned, the Directors have absolute power, subject alone to the will of the Corporation. The Dining...
...afford to pay the dues. Instead of admitting only men who are fitted for membership, either by great proficiency or enthusiasm in the subject, many are proposed for membership by their friends, and elected, simply that they may boast one more shingle or medal. These men have the effect of diluting the real strength of the society, and by their admission it is reduced to a society to which it is a social distinction to belong. The next step is to keep out a man who is not popular, but still really qualified. This is bad enough...
...contests, should be discouraged and frowned down, especially hissing, for if a man conducts himself in such an ungentlemanly manner as to arouse a feeling of disgust among the spectators, he shows only too plainly by such conduct that the hisses of the spectators will have little or no effect upon him; and one ungentlemanly act certainly does not deserve another. It seems to us that an excited crowd is often too apt to misinterpret the actions of men who are in the heat of a contest, and by thus evincing their displeasure, leave themselves open to unfavorable criticism, particularly...
...often overhear a remark by some indignant Gentile, to the effect that students should be held strictly amenable to the common law, and prosecuted for misdeeds as any one else would be. They would like to have us identified with them in that respect, but no other. ... None will deny that there is intemperance in college. But there is no more than elsewhere, rather less. In any college town, there is less intemperance among the students than among the townsmen in proportion to numbers. In the words of an esteemed contemporary: "Just think of this a moment; push...
...general, and unreasonable complaint in particular, gives the student the reputation of a chronic grumbler, and such a reputation is a terrible barrier to the removal of objects of complaint. We have never known a case where a kind suggestion privately to an instructor did not produce the desired effect; while we do know of many cases where even reasonable requests were refused because they appeared in print as complaints. It is therefore to be wished that those who feel that their gall must be poured out should indeed pour it out, but should keep it at least three days...