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...having our feet frozen; and as we are forced to keep our portals closed in self-defence, we are fast gaining the unenviable reputation of "sporting" constantly. To make us comfortable would involve but little trouble and no great expense, so, at least, I am assured on good authority. And it seems to me not unreasonable to expect the Faculty to take some notice of a proposal (should such proposal be made) for a change wherein the comfort of so many is concerned. I understand that there has been some talk of presenting to the Faculty a petition to which...
...stated on good authority that the men who were seen running on Main Street last Tuesday afternoon, between the hours of 4.30 and 6, were not escaped convicts...
...wise declined, and is seeking to so express itself as to best improve our chances of success. A few words as to our present condition, and the quarter in which we most need outside help, may serve to direct this interest where it will do the most good...
...reached Saratoga twisted and unfit for use. There were many repairs to be made, and all too little time for practice; and during the race an accident occurred, arising from this hasty construction and lack of time for repairs, which seriously affected the crew's time, and, there is good reason to suppose, their position. The value of the assistance was almost nullified by the delay with which it was given. Let it be this year realized that the English boat will cost the same, whenever it is bought, and that, ordered now, it will prove of the greatest importance...
DEAR JACK, - For several years there has been a good deal of talk about Harvard indifference, and I am very much inclined to think that there is some truth in the matter. At any rate, it has lately been my fortune to meet a number of gentlemen, more or less fresh from the classic shades of Cambridge, who appeared to be impressed with the idea that a display of interest in anything whatever was extremely inelegant. Their state of mind was not unlike that of the lady with whom I once acted in private theatricals, who thought that laughing...