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...Harvard" prose and verse. This is admirable, or at least it would be admirable were it not that the two most prominent articles--"The Philosophy of Horatio" and "A Fake Play"--distinctly overemphasize the aspect of College life that is least to our credit. Drunkennes and vice unquestionably exist but it is a pity to have the idea of them rubbed in through the columns of the undergraduate papers. Both stories are well written; but they lead the uniformed reader to suppose that Harvard men spend their lives in an atmosphere, not morely of hilarity, but of reckless dissipation...
...fact of over-capitalization was very easily exaggerated and that much of the cry against watered stock is really against capital represented by the losses which the companies have incurred in experiments and improvements. From there the speaker went on to show that even though some over-capitalization did exist, municipal ownership was not the remedy. He showed that in Massachusetts over-capitalization was prevented by statute and he argued that the same thing could be done in New York...
...conclusion the speaker established the fact that the effective remedy for the evils existing in New York was not municipal ownership but regulation. He showed that statutes already exist which give the necessary powers for regulation, and he called attention to the fact that there have been concrete examples of successful regulation even in New York City...
...efforts to revivify it, and aim instead at securing some new and more practical modus vivendi to take its place." The argument of which this sentence is the conclusion shows rather more of the effects of preconceived idea than of a fair review of the facts as they actually exist, and it is to be regretted that so dark a view of the state of Harvard classes is presented to the readers of the Graduates' Magazine...
...While a feeling of rivalry must exist to bring out the best ability of every player, there is no reason for the brutality which has marred many games played upon the athletic fields of the larger educational institutions. Let the players remember that they are friends and obviate the objectionable features. If they do this, Harvard will continue to foster the game and be one of its patrons. Otherwise, it must eventually be abolished from the list of games played among our universities...