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...instructors of detaining their sections until the hour has fully expired. By this practice the unfortunate student in such courses is compelled to rush down innumerable flights of stairs and make his way along Oxford street and through the yard at a neck or nothing pace. It need hardly be said that such unnatural speed as this is harmful to the last degree, especially since it is apt to follow closely upon the exhaustion produced by the daily sprint race to the chapel doors. Yet the student must go into this "rush," or else be marked absent at the recitation...
...which is unique with them. They are well worthy of the students notice, and are certain to repay him in the artistic appreciation which they foster. The catalogues offer such a variety of subjects that every taste can be gratified. And the expense is so trifling that no one need hesitate to indulge his desire for them...
...light work during the term, making it up by over-work at examination time; and, finally those who do little or no work, the year through. The first class will evidently be benefited by the removal of examinations. They work to the full extent of their powers. They need no stimulus. The second class will be urged to do better work during the term, a most beneficial result. The third class would in no wise be effected by the rule...
...should play foot-ball at Harvard. Upon this, remarks were made by Messrs. Phillips, '86, Woodbury, '86, Adams, '86, Claflin, '86, and Peabody, '87, all of whom spoke in the strongest terms in favor of a revival of the game. Mr. Phillips, in particular, urged the need of playing this fall if we hoped ever to play Yale or Princeton again. The motion was then carried without a dissenting voice amid a great applause and enthusiasm. Mr. Kimball stated that it depended entirely upon the new athletic committee whether we should be allowed to play Yale or Princeton. Upon motion...
...make the day as pleasant and memorable to them as possible. Men who courteously yield their rooms to seniors this year, will be able, when they become seniors, to ask rooms for themselves with better consciences. Certain it is that, as seniors, they will have need of extra rooms for the entertainment of their friends and if now they help to keep up the old custom, they will find themselves later more likely to profit...