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...Republican party favors temperance.- Speech of Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Sept. 5, 1888, (pamphlet); New York Mail and Express, (in Public Opinion, March...
...hoped that this meeting will represent what interest the students take in boating, and that no one will be afraid to express his opinion. The captain of the crew wishes either to feel that the university is behind him, so that he may begin with confidence the work of the year, or to know that the college is not with him, that he may immediately resign...
...such opportunities to members, should be one of the strongest of our college organizations. No greater test of ability can be imagined than that which compels a man to prove true to himself and to his convictions as he stands before an audience composed of students like himself and express his own thoughts and character in every sentiment he utters. The habit of hearing one's own voice, of thinking upon one's feet is a most valuable acquisition and it can be obtained in no other way than by participation in the work of the Harvard Union...
...wish to express our regret at the appearance of an advertisement, at the head of yesterday's "Fact and Rumor" column, which was contrary to the sentiment of the editorial denouncing the continuation of the orgies of "Bloody Monday." The advertiser took advantage of his right to a space in the paper by publishing an announcement which openly showed his appreciation, at least, of such festivities as are repugnant to the majority of students here and detrimental to the best interests of the university. Had the editors been aware beforehand that such an advertisement was contemplated, they would never have...
Continuing, the Mail and Express, seems to believe that the "liberalizing tendencies" and "optional system" have gone far enough. The movement has already been carried so far as to "embarrass the faculty in the arrangement of recitations, and to bewilder the student at the latitude of his possible selections," while at Harvard the unfortunate undergraduate is "practically turned out to grass, to nibble at his own sweet will." The Mail and Express, like a stern parent, suggests in the case of freshmen, that instead of placing the divining rod in the hand of that precious youth, it would be more...