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...students. He also considered, as in the English civil service, not only the learning of the candidate, but his character and antecedents, should be inquired into. This of course means that every person presenting himself to the bar for examination be required to bring a certificate of good moral character...
...good a record is not shown twenty years hence, it will be laid to the pessimistic effect of the Nation...
...boating began with the building of the boat-house in 1869, -an era of excessive expenditure and of much defeat. Before this time the boats had been housed in wooden sheds of the cheapest construction, and the crews had always paid their own expenses. But those good old days are gone. Rowing has become a science, and training-tables uniforms, hats, and sundry other items have swelled the cost of a crew into the thousands. Ten years ago the undergraduates gave the "Varsity" its boat. What does it not give them...
...requirring the ground to be covered in a fixed time, and by handicapping the winners of two or more races. If the idea in these suggestions was carried into effect, there would be better training, better time, and more contestants than during the past. It is idle to expect good time or interesting races as long as the present system is continued. The same men, at every meeting, carry off the prizes with little exertion, while in every race a line of dispirited stragglers, few and far between, bring up the rear. Some change ought to be made immediately...
...Amherst Student needs to learn that it is never safe to jump at conclusions. Because they were unable to find the answer to the riddle in our poem called "After Browning," they should not pronounce it "merely a collection of words indiscriminately thrown together." There is so good a point to the answer that we should be sorry to have the Student miss it merely from dulness, so try it again, and if you have to give it up let us know, and we'll send you the solution...