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...tree is the dust and shouting raised by the rush of the lower classes, - the sole remaining sign at Harvard of the enmity which is proverbially connected with the name of Sophomores and Freshmen. Although the abolishing of hazing is not so universally considered an unmixed good among either alumni or undergraduates as the college papers have represented, still the fact that hazing and the kindred practice of rushing have become customs of the past would justify the Seniors, should they see fit, to forbid the rush of the Sophomores and Freshmen on Class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AROUND THE TREE. | 1/14/1876 | See Source »

...long article against dancing. The writer thinks that the introduction of this profane amusement into the mixed college society of the West would tend to change "sober, intelligent, earnest, religious young men" into "fast, wild, and irreligious" characters; and to make of "virtuous, modest, Christian young women," "young women either insipid and fond of frittering away their time reading love-stories and dreaming about young men, or else bold, unchaste, and immodest." The terpsichorean efforts of this author have probably not been attended with success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 12/24/1875 | See Source »

...tired with work and want rest, it is the same. You are too tired to read, and your mind is too full to work of itself with ease. A glance at your walls will give you either additional trouble, or the relief that you desire, according as they are hung with commonplace or with good pictures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PICTURES AND SO FORTH. | 12/24/1875 | See Source »

...food at Memorial has lately grown steadily worse and worse; at present it is nearly unbearable, and as "man cannot live by bread alone" he must either leave Commons or cease to live. The late dinners have proved very popular, and during October the fare was passable, but it is now so wretched that some change is needed, and the sooner it is made the better. We refer our readers to a very carefully written article on this subject, and we fully agree with the sentiments it expresses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/10/1875 | See Source »

...Forest and Stream has a leading editorial on "Collegiate Rifle-matches," and to encourage an annual contest in rifle-shooting between the colleges it offers "a badge as a prize for students' competition, either at Creedmoor or at other ranges to which they have access...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 12/10/1875 | See Source »