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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...through the recent controversy with Yale, Harvard has insisted on such conditions only as are as fair for Yale as for herself. Both clubs should be willing to conduct their races on that principle. If either, or both, are unwilling to do so, then the races had better be given...
That Harvard was justified in the position that she took is admitted by Professor Wheeler, of Yale, the umpire of last year's race. "It would be improper," said he, "for either college to insist upon the other going to any place where good quarters could not be obtained, and if the Harvard quarters are such as represented, New London is out of the question...
...points which will be found invaluable for the beginner in this branch of the subject. In the first place (this is a fundamental, as Cromwell would have said), never take a man at his own estimate of himself, nor at the world's. His own estimate is always either too high or too low; the world's is always an intensifying of his self-appreciation or depreciation. If you would get his true character, strike an average between what his enemies say of him, and what those who are neither friendly nor hostile say. But before we go any farther...
...qualification for membership. In the Natural History Society and the Art Club, for example, there are many men who have no other qualification for membership than that they are pleasant fellows and can 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...
...board that College exercises close to-day, April 5. The Bursar's list of rooms for which students can apply will not be ready for delivery until April 6. In other words, if any one wishes to obtain a list of rooms for which he can apply, he must either lose one day of the brief recess or wait until his return. It would seem that if the room-lists are to be ready to-morrow, a little additional exertion could have brought them out to-day, to the convenience of a large number of men. The mistake is doubtless...