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...crew which had so nobly acquitted itself in '77 and '78 had disbanded, Harvard and Harvard's friends were bitterly disappointed. An intercollegiate contest can excite but small interest unless each college is represented by its best men. However, we were not in a position to grumble. To find fault with men to whom we were under so many obligations would have been worse than ingratitude. We could only hope that some new and unexpected material would show itself, or still better, that the old crew might relent. New material did come forward, much of it very good; but there...
...many families. All vacations are certainly intended for enjoyment as well as suspension of studies; therefore, to fix one at a season when a decreased amount of pleasure will be obtained by many others besides churchmen is to neutralize the intention for which it is given. To find fault with giving a vacation after Easter, because Easter is an ecclesiastical institution, and Harvard is an unsectarian college, is almost as absurd as it would be to object to having a vacation at Christmas. Placing a vacation after Easter or at Christmas does not commit the Faculty to the recognition either...
WITHOUT doubt marks play altogether too important a part in the ideals of many students; but the fault is as much that of the Faculty as that of the students. It is to be regretted that the present condition of the University will not permit the abolition of all systems of definite marks. But though such a reform cannot be accomplished for many years to come, the Faculty might give some relief, or at least boldly face the evil. It is well known throughout the college that the two deaths of last year were the result of reckless overwork...
...games I above mentioned, you are able to get up so fine an eight? I hope it does n't imply that your University is content to see these few men do all the work, and win all the laurels, while it looks on, applauding victories, and finding fault at defeats...
...only at some distant date. This was the case when Tyng and Ernst left the Nine. Very few if any had practised with a view of supplying their places; so the loss of these players was almost equivalent to the loss of the championship. It is not the fault of the crew that this is the state of affairs, and while we regret their departure we must blame only ourselves...