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...refused because they do not obtain the required per cent. Under the elective system, where there is so much difference in the courses and professors, to conclude that one man is not as studious or has not as much ability as another because his rank happens to be lower, seems to us exceedingly illogical. It is the cause of real mischief to thorough scholarship and sound education. As soon as a student finds that his chance for a scholarship depends solely on the rank list, he will naturally, if a scholarship is the condition of his remaining in college, take...
...inventions, perfectly adapted to the needs we have long felt to be unsupplied. It has been said that the beams, from which it was supposed the apparatus was to be hung, are too high. The effect of the interior would have been marred by placing the beams any lower, while by the present method a great advantage is gained. An iron framework is fastened to the timbers, on which are running beams and eyes that can be placed at any desired point...
...fully as unpleasant as fifteen. We need only quote the words of a Yale player, to show the animus. By way of apology, he said 'that he acknowledged that he played a low, dirty, mean game, and had always done so, and he believed that he played a dirtier, lower, meaner game than any man in the United States.' This grovelling explanation is sufficient. Its honesty is to be commended. In view of the facts, Harvard's suggestion is worthy of consideration, that Yale be left out until she learns to play respectably...
...follows: "Old man, I admire your pluck. If you'll only pitch into the Faculty heavy, we'll all buy your paper. You see, the Advocate and Crimson haven't got backbone enough. You just publish these complaints about janitors and short vacations, and these suggestions about a lower grade of degrees and abolishing prayers, and I tell you what, the fellows will back...
...Nine and Fifteen, when well managed, are self-supporting; whereas the Crew relies entirely upon outside support. We hope men will pay what they can afford promptly, and thus save our overworked officers much unnecessary care; and we recommend the class of '80 as an example for the lower classes to follow. It is not large, it is not, as a class, wealthy; but whenever college interests have called, it has always done more than its share...