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...support accorded the Lampoon this year has been lamentably small. Everybody reads the Lampoon, but very few feel it incumbent upon them to contribute to its financial support by actually subscribing to the paper. We feel that this matter has but to be mentioned to be immediately rectified. The labor undertaken by the editors of the Lampoon is already great enough without their having imposed upon them an extra burden of financial responsibilty which should be entirely assumed by the college. In its next volume, if means were but afforded them, the editors already see their way towards greatly improving...
...Sargent said that the idea prevalent that the strongest men come from the country is an erroneous one, as, although certain bones and muscles of those accustomed to manual labor are larger and stronger, yet the development of the heart and lungs does not correspond, and therefore the excess of energy in one direction is offset by the loss in another. Neither do the best physiques come from the city, but, in general, from the large towns, where the advantages of pure air, out-door freedom and the absence of severe manual labor are combined. In this connection he remarked...
...field, and unless prompt measures are taken during the winter by the friends of the game to keep alive the interest, which has always been a matter of hard work for the graduates of past years to keep up, it would seem that they have had but labor in vain. This is more the pity, for intercollegiate cricket matches will do much to promote friendly intercourse among college men, as in these matches there is more time for forming acquaintances between the teams than in any other intercollegiate sports...
...does not know in what his book is weak. The only way to have examinations do any good besides fixing, though with a delightful degree of uncertainty, his rank, is for the instructor to return to every student his blue-book with corrections. This may entail a little more labor on the instructor, but the satisfaction felt by the students will amply repay the extra trouble. This is already done by some instructors, but the practice is not so universal as it should be. We hope that instructors will feel that the extra work will be appreciated by their students...
...effect of the change from slave to free labor in the Southern States of the Union...