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...very glad to be able to note a decided improvement in the form of the 'Varsity,' and we feel assured that if the present conscientious training is continued, the College need feel no doubt of the result of the race with Yale. As to the class crews, they are all well under way, and, judging from present appearances, the race this spring will be most exciting. The Freshmen, in particular, are doing well, and if they maintain a unanimity of feeling amongst themselves and pay careful attention to their duty, there is no possible reason why they should...
...speaking of Harvard's chair of Chinese, the London Telegraph mentions the great need of a professor of the language in England. It seems that a large number of Englishmen would jump at such a chance of learning Chinese. Professor Ko cannot be spared here at present; but if these Englishmen would enter Harvard, he would no doubt be willing to increase the size of his elective...
...emphatic vote last week of the Board of Overseers against open scholarships means anything, it is that the existing scholarships shall be given to those actually and at present in need of them. With this vote to guide them, those to whom the assignment of the scholarships is in trusted ought clearly to understand and perform their duties henceforth, if, as it seems, they have not heretofore. By inspecting the list of scholarships published in the Catalogue, one cannot help believing that they were awarded exclusively according to the rank list, though not a single donor, excepting the class...
...first place, it is doubtful if many instructors and students find unemployed afternoons in the busy time from Monday to Friday, - always supposing that the student is ambitious to hold an honorable position in his studies. Granted unlimited leisure, the need of a general holiday is still urgent; else what opportunities exist to witness base-ball and football games, and various other athletic sports? Absence from recitation would be the rule and not the exception on such occasions...
...remaining topics of interest which are spoken of are the various bequests, the instruction in Chinese, the need of new buildings, the salaries of officers, and the proposed system of retiring annuities...