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...kindly accused the students in History 13 of laziness because they clamor for a list of general readings - a just observation, perhaps, but let us look at the situation for a moment. '88 does his topic reading, and, if we can judge from the tone of his communication, he does it with marked success. He can always find the books, and that is exactly the reason we can't. After the lecture we go to the library and find that "88 has the reserved book in queseion, and sadder still, the only reserved book. If there is no impropriety...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HISTORY 13 AGAIN. | 12/2/1886 | See Source »

...that pile of books to be distributed at the close of the day? "'88" secures three out of five, let us say, and '89 takes the rest, and then they sit down at their desks - in their own room - and when the unfortunate twenty three men cry out for general reading they say: - 'Lo! you are lazy - look at us - we work - why don't you?" "'88" now says with the utmost truth that Dr. Hart has perfected his list of general readings at a great expense of time and trouble." This is undoubtedly true, and only adds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HISTORY 13 AGAIN. | 12/2/1886 | See Source »

Last lecture there was a little blue-book circulating in the History 13 section, containing a petition for a list of general readings. The writer of this article put his name down on account of sheer laziness, he admits, but he saw other names that were irreproachable - names of men concerning whom "'88" would hesitate a long while before advancing his accusation of "laziness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HISTORY 13 AGAIN. | 12/2/1886 | See Source »

...general feeling seemed to be that Yale would not accept the challenge, Yale pointing to the fact that the game had been played on Princeton's ground with a Princeton referee, and that the delay caused by Princeton, both before and during the game was the only cause which prevented the game being played out, felt that the championship virtually belonged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Challenges Yale. | 11/30/1886 | See Source »

...following petition will be circulated in History 13 to-day. "We the undersigned members of History 13, petition that a course of general readings be provided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reading in History 13. | 11/30/1886 | See Source »