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...steadfast friends, in number three...
...comprises a volume of 246 pages, neatly bound in half calf. Naturally most of the book will be of especial interest to members of the class itself, and by them it will be most appreciated. But, graduating just on the verge of the Civil War, many of its number entered the army and won for themselves reputation of more than local limits. Foremost among them were E. G. and H. L. Abbott, brothers, both of whom attained the rank of major, and both of whom were killed in battle. It was essentially a War Class. Out of 107 graduates...
...course of the past ten years Harvard crews have rowed over all the principal racing grounds in New England and New York. We have successively tried Worcester, Springfield, Saratoga, New London, and Owasco in 'Varsity and Class Races, and fixed on New London as combining the greatest number of advantages...
With all this in its favor, the advisability of a change would seem to be very uncertain. Our annual race should - like that of Oxford and Cambridge - become a fixture, over a fixed course; as few things will tend more to decrease the number of spectators and the interest of the world at large in our races, than to be continually changing our courses...
...reserved books in the Library are a great help in all courses, and the system is doubtless a good one, since it enables any particular book to be used by a large number of students, when otherwise it could be used only by one or two at the most. But there is a marked contrast in the extent to which different instructors seem willing to afford this assistance to the members of their electives. Of course each of them has the right to do as he wishes in regard to what and how many books he will reserve...