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...track on Holmes Field is in very poor condition, grass having grown in many parts during the summer...
...study is to cheat the examiner, and that knowledge is valuable only so far as it can be made to pay in an examination, it is hard to see how he can unlearn the teaching he has received, and alter the character that has been formed in him. The grown man is what he has been taught to be, and out of cram may come many examination answers, or even a Fellowship, but not original research and the love of knowledge for its own sake...
Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting a suitable stroke for the crew. W. B. Peet, last year's stroke was at first tried, but since last season some of the men have grown considerably and have a much longer reach than then, and it was decided that while Peet had all the other qualifications of a first-class stroke, the interests of the college would be best served by putting a man in who could set a longer stroke. B. Lockwood, Jr., one of the most useful members of 1 st year's crew, was next tried in that position...
Accustomed as we have grown by sad experience to the utter disregard of fair dealing usually shown by Yale freshman nines, we must confess that the assurance of the present demand is little less than appalling. In reply to the claim filed by the enterprising manager of the New Haven freshmen, we will simply quote the Boston Herald, which expresses our sentiments exactly. From its base-ball columns we clip the following...
...hours from five, till, say, nine in the evening, was considerably agitated by the students. What actually happened was a shortening of the hours to correspond with the shortening of the days, the obvious reason being to save the cost of lighting the building. Now that the days have grown longer, such a reason for closing early cannot exist. Would it not be well to keep the library open every day until, at least, sunset ? The reasons for doing so are many and good, and are perfectly obvious. It will add but slightly to the expenses of the library while...