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...often in some rapturous mood...
...McPHAIL, of Boston, very kindly provided the piano used at the Concert of the Glee Club and Pierian Sodality, free of charge, and the members have requested us to thank him for a courtesy and generosity not often shown to us by Boston firms...
However, there is an entirely different kind of fault-finding, which, though often not less ridiculous than the former, merits more attention. These ebullitions of college discontent, remarkable chiefly for their number, find vent in the college papers; hence, in order better to judge of them, it might be well to examine a recent copy of the Advocate...
...obliged either to pay a large bonus for the privilege of rooming inside the Yard, or else were obliged to room outside. This converted the allotment of rooms into a mere opportunity for speculation among the students, for which no capital was required, and of which the profits were often large. A change from such a system is what most undergraduates desire, and the Bursar has succeeded in wording his circular in such a manner that probably no loopholes can be found for the speculator to creep through, or by which he may continue his nefarious trade...
...University. But if the crew is unsuccessful, or if, through lack of interest or mismanagement, no crew is sent to the race, the enthusiasm of many men cools, and the class makes a poor show in after years. When the crew is unsuccessful the good men are often discouraged, and if the crew falls through, it is not generally until towards the end of Freshman year, and men who might have been good oars have not been tested in club crews, have lost their interest, and are disgusted with boating. In themselves Freshman races seem inexpedient...