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...Yale Courant was up to its usual standard of excellence. It devotes a page to base-ball matters, and about a column to a very sensible article urging undergraduates to write more for the college papers, and to pay more attention to literary work in general...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 10/28/1881 | See Source »

...here is another implied definition of a "college institution:" "Lacrosse is not generally recognized as deserving or receiving the general support of the University." What, then, has tennis done to gain that "general support"? In what way does it represent the University as a whole? Why should it be called a "college institution" any more than whist or poker, - for these, too, are college "amusements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LACROSSE AND TENNIS. | 10/28/1881 | See Source »

...gratifying to note that in the last issue of the Elective Pamphlet the number of one-hour electives has been somewhat diminished. It is undoubtedly true that the general dissatisfaction with such courses, prevalent among both students and instructors, is well founded, and furnishes solid reason for the abolishment of these electives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ONCE A WEEK. | 10/14/1881 | See Source »

...this poor beech looks doubly stunted and deformed. To the occupants of Grays it is a constant eye-sore, as it seriously obstructs their view. To those rooming in Weld and Matthews it is a blot on the beauty of the landscape. It is the one defect in the general comeliness of the Yard. Therefore with all due reverence for the conservative spirit of our University, I would suggest that while the footsteps of reform are seen pressed lightly in our College paths, they may be directed for a moment towards this object; and that the objectionable tree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MERELY A SUGGESTION. | 6/17/1881 | See Source »

...these various interesting reminiscences should be engraved in letters at least half an inch in length, so as to be plainly legible in all this part of the State. But as the tree has no such historic merits on which to stand, it seems eminently proper that for the general improvement in the appearance of the Yard the obnoxious beech should at least be trimmed, and deprived of its lower branches, if not of all that portion of its growth which displays itself above ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MERELY A SUGGESTION. | 6/17/1881 | See Source »