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...steam launch has been entirely refitted during the winter, the repairs, especially to the machinery, having been extensive and complete. The forward deck has been cut out to extend the seating capacity of the boat, and much of the woodwork renewed. It is not thought the launch will be put into the water until after the spring recess...
...executive committee of the Harvard Union, in his report at the last meeting, stated that the prospects of the Union for the next year were better than ever before; for the reason that the class of '84, upon whom the brunt of the work would then fall, had come forward with more readiness than any previous class. We congratulate the sophomores upon this compliment, and the Union upon its promise of growing usefulness for the university. But it is also time that the freshmen should begin to manifest some interest in the work, if this success is to be maintained...
...modification by the college; for it seemed to lead directly to the pernicious habit of "cramming," a habit fatal to good scholarship and entirely evil in its effects. "If this spirit is in the air, we must drive it out of the air." The failure of men to come forward and meet the instructors half-way in their liberal offers, and thereby to justify these changes, would compel the college to revert to the former "paternal relations" and common-school system of teaching. Therefore, in some measure, it depended upon the action of this class, whether they would continue...
...laboratory for the use of the academic department at Yale is to be built. It will be situated opposite the gymnasium, and will be built of brick, with plain exterior. Work on the laboratory will be begun in about a month, and will be pushed forward to completion in about a year from the start...
...part of Harvard's athletics this year, and should support them accordingly. We also advise every man in the class who can do anything at all in athletics, to enter for the athletic contests that take place in March, and not show the usual freshman timidity in putting themselves forward for athletic honors. The winter meeting of the Athletic Association will determine, in a great measure, how much we may depend upon '85 to help Harvard keep up her reputation for general athletics that she has won at Mott Haven during the past two years. Again we expect...