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...Deturs, gifts from the College. From the Latin, do, dare, dedi, detum, to give. The College gives them only to the twenty best scholars in the class. It's a great honor to get one; fellows that have Deturs hang them up in frames. You hardly ever get more than one; my having two is superb, equal to getting a double first at Oxford...
...only exceptional for Harvard but creditable for any American college. We cannot help reverting to the tardiness with which men enter their names. It was, we believe, with the intention of breaking up this bad habit that the plan of having secret entries was adopted. Men used to hang back, waiting to see who their opponents were going to be, and would enter or not accordingly. But now they can have no such purpose, and they should either make up their minds by a fixed time or be shut out entirely. The Sophomore class made a very small show...
...been dismissed, when he refused to resign, at whatever cost. When a man is asked to resign, it ought to mean that he will be put out if he does not. We would respectfully submit that this would have been better than to have the scandal hang on so long, and finally appear in full in the papers...
NOTWITHSTANDING the cloud of difficulties that seemed to hang over the H. A. A. a few weeks, ago, some light seems to have broken in on it at last, and the prospects of a very good meeting at Beacon Park are becoming hourly better...
...Hang it!" replied the Bell warmly. "If I ring simply to get the men to breakfast I'll hold my tongue hereafter...