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...this year, owing to the fact that some Repnblicans of the college have bolted the party nominees, they want the parade to bolt its old custom and turn out with Democratic banners. The effect of this is to make the procession a political demonstration. This has never been done before, and is altogether wrong...
...intended for their good. Some complaint will undoubtedly be made at the slowness with which the meals will be served when fourteen men have to accommodate themselves to the service of one waiter, but this is certainly better than the present arrangement, under which one is never sure of fending his seat vacant. As the new plan will be only temporary, we hope the boarders at the Hall will do their best to put up with a little discomfort for a short time...
...wish to see them disappointed we must be more generous in supporting our crew. Out of 1500 men, composing Harvard University, only 438 subscribed to the crew's support Blank postal cards were sent to mostly every undergraduate last spring, soliciting subscriptions but two-thirds of these were never returned. One man returned three, without his name upon them, as a joke. If every man would come forward and subscribe, if not $5, at least $2, $1 or even 50 cents, no fault could be found. The subscription table enclosed will afford information as to the number and the distribution...
...also diffuse an interest in the subjects to which it devotes itself to the large numbers of students who have never taken any courses in natural history, but who will by means of public lectures be awakened to the many beauties and curious things in nature, and thus become active workers in this, to them, new field. Indeed, the further that organized societies can extend the system of public lectures for all the students the more fortunate we can consider ourselves. For by means of evening lectures on different subjects students who devote themselves to specialties are enabled to widen...
While '88 was fortunate enough to elect good officers throughout, it was their good fortune to do so in spite of their meeting and not because of it. A more disorderly and riotous gathering was never held here, and, while some of the disturbance was undoubtedly due to the upper class men, still, by far the greater part of the blame rests on the freshman class. The methods of wardroom politics cannot advantageously be introduced into class meetings, and we hope the incoming freshman classes may have the good sense to avoid all such foolishness...