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...objection made to the plan, but experience has shown that any such thing as a decorous theatre-party of freshmen is little short of an impossibility. The temptation to turn the occasion into a tumultuous demonstration of boyish deviltry is too great to be resisted, and this demonstration, though harmless enough in itself, it may be, is at once seized upon by the daily press as a text from which to print long disquisitions upon the degeneracy of student manners...
...chewing, they try something more quiet than peanuts or candy,-say, chewing gum. Chewing gum is both soft and sweet, is warranted not to hurt the tender gums or the growing teeth, and possesses the additional advantage of being able to be used with comparative quiet. It is perfectly harmless ; even the smallest child can use it without injury. Moreover, the late Lydia E. Pinkham recommended it, and thousands have testified as to perfect efficiency. With such a valuable article in the market at a comparative low cost, we see no reason why the would-be chewer in the library...
...class crews are the feeders of the university in case of an emergency. If this, the only objectionable side of the quality which Harvard has earned for herself, be done away with, the term "Harvard Indifference" ought to be as much credit to the college, in a harmless way, as Princeton "toughness," and Yale "boorishness," is to the latter establishments...
...stay! a faint rumor reaches our ears that this resolution was passed to satisfy Princeton, who had no similar organizations to practice with. This then, is one of those delightful compromises that are so pleasant to read about. The fourth resolution in regard to a faculty committee, is harmless padding. The committee would probably carefully mind its own business and let the students alone. The fifth resolution, in regard to no man engaging in sports more than four years, is some more padding. The conference committee wanted to make a show of having done something and resorted to that familiar...
...controlled. It may be possible that the affair, as stated in the daily papers, is greatly exaggerated, as is apt to be the case. This was so with regard to the Phi Beta Kappa rumpus. which happened in Boston several years ago, and which in reality was only a harmless affair. We heartily hope that such is the case and that the Pennsylvanian students have not lowered the credit of their Alma Mater by any such display of boyishness and thoughtlessness. If it is true, it will bring discredit not only on them but on students elsewhere. For people...