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...have been very few contestants, and among these a lack of thorough training. Some suggestions we made last fall as to how this might be remedied, by 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...
...that I know can a clear definition of the powers and duties of the officers be found, and not even in that scheme is there any provision for the direct or indirect responsibility of these officers to the Association. The annual election of officers, from a mistaken but widespread idea that any government of students will be overruled by the influence of the President or the Corporation, is not viewed as an event of any importance, and we have therefore great reason to congratulate ourselves on our good fortune in obtaining such efficient officers. Once elected, those officers...
...half are to be congratulated on the possession of so obliging a monitor for morning chapel. A bulletin from him appeared this week on the South Entry door of Stoughton, announcing the total number of prayer cuts recorded against each man in his half of the class. Although this idea is novel and entirely original with Mr. Peckham, we see no reason why his method of posting the number of cuts should not be adopted throughout the College. It is certainly a very great convenience for students in general, and would relieve the monitors of many troublesome queries...
...economical Seniors. Of this proceeding the Record disapproves. It does not object to the selling of tickets to Freshmen, but it declares that any man who goes to an entertainment for half-price is a "cheat"; and it is so violent in its indignation that it suggests the idea that the managers of the Junior Promenade and the editors of the Record are identical. The Courant of course takes the other side, and with rare moderation says that the remark of the Record are "in very poor taste...
...heavy dose of that uncongenial fluid whose presence - particularly in punch - is so certainly de trop; for this hallowed room was occupied about the year 1780 by Mr. Charles Angier, - may fairies waltz over his uncle's grave! As Mr. John Holmes so delightfully relates, "he conceived the grand idea of a perpetual entertainment and a standing invitation, and his table was ever supplied with brandy, wine, and crackers. The scheme is second only to the Everlasting Club of the Spectator. We take upon us, in the absence of historical evidence, to vouch for the constancy of Mr. Angier...