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...very spirit of wit, - too apt, in the case of the Acta Columbiana, to degenerate into vulgarity. Of the Spectator, with its admirable illustrations, we wish to speak in terms of unqualified approval. It is suggestively humorous rather than broadly farcical; the little delicate touches that lighten the general effect are added to advantage. . . . The Orient (Bowdoin), Dartmouth, Athenoeum (Williams), Brunonian, and Student (Amherst) have much in common, each being the only representative of its college, and each being industrious in the accumulation of locals. We may be pardoned for preferring the Student above the rest, mainly for its manly...
...smaller societies have been born, or have died, this year. In rowing and football our representatives did us credit, although they failed in winning the championship. In base ball the Nine gave spasmodic evidence of the possibility of a much better record, had it been guided more steadily. In general athletics Harvard was facile princeps. The past twelve months have also witnessed the growth of two new College papers, the Register, which has worked its way into the circle of magazines, and the Echo, which has met with fair success. Unfortunately the Lampoon, which for four years held a unique...
...Winter Meetings of the H. A. A., to which notice was briefly directed in our last issue, have now been formally printed and posted, so that only passing allusion to them is all that will be necessary now. The number of events, and the special prize for general excellence, should call out many new gymnasts; while the combination on the last day, of Dr. Sargent's Exhibition with the regular meeting of the Association, ought seemingly to be a great success. The change in price was a step that (with no prospect of raising the debt of the Association, unless...
...think that the Union is distinctly to be congratulated in having decided not to undertake a legislative branch. The object of the Union is to encourage debate on topics of general interest, not to countenance the quibbling and meaningless discussions into which a legislative branch would inevitably degenerate; besides, even the importance of a knowledge of parliamentary procedure, about which so much was said on Thursday evening, can be of little value to most of us. All else that was claimed for the legislative branch can legitimately be secured in the Union as it is; and it would have been...
...enumeration of acts which are offences only because they are prohibited is reduced to the lowest point which seemed practicable; while breaches of order are left without provision, to be dealt with at the discretion and by the general authority of the Faculty, as has been done heretofore in many cases not covered by positive regulation. In all cases, specific penalties and regulations, suggesting a line up to which failure of duty or breach of discipline may be safely carried, have been struck out, in order to offer no temptation for a kind of calculation of results which is believed...