Word: except
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...with them. The freshmen probably do not appreciate that Class Day is Seniors' Day. From Thursday to Saturday the college is given up to them and the campus and buildings are entirely at their disposal. Other undergraduates are regarded only as invited guests, and have no claims to consideration except as friends of the seniors. The hosts of the day need the dormitories to hold receptions and spreads in. They may be seriously inconvenienced by failure to secure the rooms they wish for; and other men make it a point to give the seniors all possible and in carrying...
...following officers were elected: President, W. H. Cleminshaw; vice-president, Edwin Duffy; second vice-president, C. J. Du Bois; secretary and treasurer, G. B. Storrs. The three captains form the judiciary committee. Brown's application was withdrawn. The Spaulding ball was adopted, also last year's rules, except in regard to the foul tip, judgement on this being left to the umpire. The following schedule of games was adopted...
...each sport there should be one, two, or three intercollegiate contests, the interest of which should not be lessened by any inferior competitions either before or afterwards." This means that the university nine and eleven should have two or three matches a year with Yale. and no other games except with second and class teams. The reasons for this restriction are that the present training is too hard, that too few men participate in the sports and that "there is demanded of the candidates for the crews and nines an expenditure of time and strength which is inconsistent alike with...
...adjustment of the instruction offered to graduates in medicine in term time, and the establishment of numerous short courses for practitioners and advanced students, to be given in summer vacation. Thirty-one courses were announced for last summer. The gentlemen who give the summer instruction receive no compensation except the moderate fees paid by the students in the several courses; they clearly teach for other motives than pecuniary ones...
...prevent the crew from using her until the weather is warmer-about the end of March. This is unfortunate for the crew this year depends more than most crews upon the coaching they receive. The men are not expected to think for themselves or to be able to improve, except under the eye of a coach. If they had the launch out at the earliest possible minute, say March 1, the coaching could be done to much greater advantage. Many of the crew men are already impatient that such fine weather as the present should be wasted dawdling around...