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Aside from the restrictions laid down, the general advice is given to students "to make their choice with the utmost care, under the best advice, and in such a manner that their studies from the first to last may form a rationally connected whole." This is excellent advice, but it...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Criticism of Harvard. | 1/5/1887 | See Source »

Let no one say that the New Year has brought nothing for us. For the first time in the history of the University has our Alma Mater gone into the extravagance of presenting her foster children with a Christmas present. Massachusetts 3 has been adorned with window shades, an extravagance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/4/1887 | See Source »

At present all students of the academic department are required to attend prayers in the chapel every week-day morning, and all who have not gained permission to attend churches of other denominations in the city are required to attend services in the chapel on Sundays. Thus far there has...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 1/4/1887 | See Source »

I do not mean for an instant to give color to the charge, which would be absurd if it were not so frequent, that money is a recognized standard of social position at Harvard, that men of limited means are deliberately excluded from any college society, or that a man...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Social Life at Harvard. | 1/4/1887 | See Source »

A student, as a student, has no more acquaintance with the world about the college than a clerk has in a town where he may happen to be employed. If he is introduced to people, he is sure of a hospitable reception; if not he may stay there, for years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Social Life at Harvard. | 1/4/1887 | See Source »