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...members of the 'Varsity are tubbed up to the day of the race. When a man is given up as hopeless, he may amuse himself by going down the river in an eight or a four; but if a man in a scratch eight shows any approach to good form, rescue him, at once, and put him to tubbing. One great reason why boating has not been even more of a success at Harvard is that the boat, though rowed by good men, is not necessarily rowed by the best; for many men, who never touch an oar during their...
...form of the referee's decision is indefensible, involving a strained interpretation of Rule XIV., which would make it impossible ever to allow a claim of foul. Practically, however, this is of no account, as the position given to Yale, and the referee's testimony as to the courses of the boats at the moment of the foul, are a clear indication of his opinion as to which boat should bear the blame of the foul. No one can regret more than Harvard that he refused to order the race rowed over, which it was his plain duty...
STUDENTS are very much desired to be present at the exercises in Memorial Hall, which will begin at half past three o'clock on Tuesday. Graduates, undergraduates, and invited guests will form in procession in front of Massachusetts Hall at three o'clock, and march to Memorial, where they will occupy seats set apart for them. - Advocate...
...smiling face, thine eyes, thy form...
...expediency of roughing the undergraduate, we heartily concur with him in many of his ideas. He says that the abolition of hazing rests entirely with the present Freshman Class. He deprecates the system of pressure to which the Sophomores were subject in signing the pledge, - a rather violent form of conversion in its true light. Though "Fair Harvard" may overdraw the extent and violence of hazing, there is no reason why it should be pursued even in a mild form. All license leads to abuse, and should we countenance "roughing," the inherent evil of the system would be sure...