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...books, he says: "Some have been wickedly stolen; the most have been clandestinely borrowed. Students and others residing in Divinity Hall, and perhaps graduates not resident, have sometimes a feeling in reference to this Library (a vague presumption of right or property in it) by which they may be led, when opportunity offers, to take away books contrary to rule and without permission; and they may afterwards return them secretly to get a discharge from conscience; or else lose them; or keep them an indefinite time, with an undefined purpose and with no lively consciousness of wrong-doing...
...first year of the existence of this great blessing to the undergraduates is now drawing near its close, it may perhaps be a fitting occasion for offering a few remarks upon its management and general condition. In the first place, the amount of gas-light shed upon the Boston newspapers at the end of the room is sadly deficient. It is probably the belief of the managers that this class of reading loses its interest long before there is need of artificial light upon it; but the majority of those who visit the reading-room in the earlier part...
There will be occasional criticisms upon the methods of instruction and government followed here. We may differ from those who teach us, but in every case we shall be careful not to say anything unworthy ourselves or them. Wild and general accusations, in which the plainest thing is the author's bitterness, do not get or deserve much attention. But to a carefully considered, temperate article nobody ought to object; for, though its ideas are unsound, they are less likely to be harmful if stated fully and clearly than if left to spread through the college in the disjointed form...
...connection with the Advocate we shall avoid all quarrelling. There is no reason why we should not be as courteous in our public conversation, when all the world may hear, as on more private occasions...
There are those in college whose opinion we respect, though it is likely to be unfavorable to us. They are interested in important social and literary questions, and would gladly discuss them in a college paper or magazine. It is possible they may be dissatisfied with us because we do not offer the opportunity. Let them, however, consider the matter candidly. The Yale Lit. is of the character proposed. As a rule it is "intolerably dull" - we use the Courant's words - in those parts where it differs from less pretentious periodicals. The same was true of similar magazines formerly...