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...idea of going up to the gymnasium day in and day out, and doing their level best, no matter how they may feel, is so appalling that as yet they have completely failed to grasp it. They all think that such little points as being sharp on time and keeping strict time while at the chestweights, are of such slight importance that it is not worth their while to pay any attention to them. If they condescend to come up and row for the benefit of the class, what more can be looked for? A great deal more is looked...
...discontent among the crew for it to accomplish anything. There being no coach to complain of, the men are forced to grumble at the captain. And why? Simply because he alone of all the crew understands the necessity there is for hard work, and is doing his best to keep them up to their work, and teach them something against their will. It is true that both the Harvard University and freshman crews of last year beat Columbia badly, but they only did it after a year's work of the hardest kind, and not by loafing...
...agreement was made in 1881 by the two boat clubs with the people of New London, that the latter should flag the course and keep it clear on the day of the annual race. The utmost efforts of the authorities were unable to keep all strange craft off the course during the last race. In fact our boat was nearly swamped by a passing steam-yacht. It is easy to imagine how much worse would be the result if the authorities took no charge whatever of the course during the race. This arrangement, advantageous to both parties, expired with...
...which govern the use of reserved books in the reading-room. It is seldom that anyone desires to read more than one of the fifty or more articles which are contained in a volume, and this could easily be done in an hour. But a man if allowed to keep out a book a month, will be in no hurry to return it even if he has no longer a use for it. Several cases of great inconvenience and annoyance under the present system have recently come to our attention...
...truly remarkable that so few fires take place in the college precincts, but their absence ought not to cause carelessness on the part of the students. Every room is more or less exposed to danger from the chance dropping of a lighted match, and every student should keep in mind the comparative lack of proper means for extinguishing a fire even though it might be very slight. The Harvard fire department, which many years ago effectually extinguished itself in attempting to extinguish an unpopular instructor, is a thing of the past, and will probably not be revived. Let each student...