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...social contempt and condemnation upon a practice, which has more than once been eagerly caught up by those jealous of the increasing reputation of Harvard to vent their spleen against the university. All would doubtless be indignant were the question made that there is a lower standard of manly honor and truth at Harvard, than at Oxford and Cambridge in England. Yet, unless this practice of "cribbing" or anything at all approaching to it, is promptly crushed out, Harvard will be justly liable to that offensive charge. It is a well known fact that, for a time extending far back...
...river opposite the boat house is now almost free from ice, yet there is a large amount of it floating in the lower Charles which comes up with the tide. The current is very strong, yet there is little doubt but that the crews can get out in barges at the beginning of next week...
Under the supervision of the new Dean of the Scientific School, Prof. Chaplin, the facilities for a practical application of the scientific principles, taught in the various branches, have been greatly increased. The lower rooms of the building have been fitted up with elaborate apparatus for testing the strength of building material, and the students take a very hearty interest in their work. Every effort to raise the standard of the Scientific School nearer to the level of such institutions as the Institute of Technology, the School of Mines, or the Stevens Institute, is to be praised and encouraged...
...great benefit to them but to the other members of the team as well. If the freshmen will only remember that Harvard base-ball stock is way above par this year and that it would be in the worst possible taste for them to do anything that would lower the value in the least, there is no reason why they should not only defeat some of the surrounding high schools, but also keep the Yale freshmen from their doubtless uncomfortable but nevertheless glorious place on the fence...
...will enlighten him upon the ultimate chances of success. The student will also hear with mingled feelings of joy and sorrow of the man who has made his mark in the world, and of the man who has been forced to abandon the profession and step down into the lower rank of a merchant. All these statements cannot fail to impress themselves upon the student's mind; he will carry the thoughts of the speaker home with him and will endeavor, as far as he sees fit, to heed his advice. And so it is in all the other lectures...