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REPORT OF THE CLASS OF 1860. New York : 1880. Printed for the use of the class. Francis M. Weld, Esq., the Class Secretary of '60, has got out the most interesting Class Report of any that we have yet seen. It comprises a volume of 246 pages, neatly bound in half calf. Naturally most of the book will be of especial interest to members of the class itself, and by them it will be most appreciated. But, graduating just on the verge of the Civil War, many of its number entered the army and won for themselves reputation of more...
With all this in its favor, the advisability of a change would seem to be very uncertain. Our annual race should - like that of Oxford and Cambridge - become a fixture, over a fixed course; as few things will tend more to decrease the number of spectators and the interest of the world at large in our races, than to be continually changing our courses...
...college organization has been defeated for a year or two, the popular enthusiasm in its welfare is lessened. Men wish in the long run to stand by victory. But it seems to us none the less necessary that the College should do all in its power, by expressing its interest, to help raise our position in any branch of athletics from second to first place. This is the least that can be expected from the students at large, and if it is shown, they naturally look for corresponding hard work on the part of our representative athletes. On this account...
...part of the Dean's Report which relates to the revision of the Regulations is of especial interest to undergraduates, both in itself, and because it gives a very clear statement of the position of the Faculty in making the changes which took effect last autumn...
There are several other points of interest bearing upon this whole matter in the Report, which is a most gratifying indication of the progress of a broad and liberal spirit on the part of the authorities...