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This limitation may be a good one year after year in class, but it does not appear so clearly reasonable when made to check those who may wish in any particular year to offer a greater number of modern languages and afterwards to pursue other studies...
...statement is perhaps here due to those who depend partly on scholarships for meeting their expenses. A condition of stopping out a year is "to take up one's connection" with the College, and this was construed by the authorities in such a manner as to deprive an applicant of the Junior year from his scholarship for the Sophomore year. In spite of the assurance of the President to a member of '74 his application was ruled out, and this decision established as a future regulation. This ruling does injustice to such students, and it is hoped will be reversed...
MANY of the undergraduates have often expressed a wish for a vacation in the spring. It is understood that if the students petition in a body for some definite plan, stating that they are willing that the two weeks or one week granted should be taken from the latter portion of the long vacation, such a petition will probably be granted. One student, at least, has expressed his willingness to do the necessary work to start such a petition. In these circumstances it becomes every one to consider whether he really wants a spring recess on such terms...
...University crew will be substantially the same as last year. Among the candidates - in fact, the only one who is professedly so - is a member of the Law School. It is to be regretted that there is so little interest exhibited among the lower classes. Not only have none of them supplied any candidates, but, in addition, the subscriptions, particularly from the Freshman Class, have been miserably small. It has been one of the most cherished wishes of the University that a new crew should take their place at the next regatta, but that appears now to be impossible...
...were not in the least surprised at the appearance of the article on "Debating," in the last Advocate. The indifferent attitude maintained at Harvard towards the claims of oratory has been so often attacked, that one ought to expect and welcome the presentation of the other side of the argument. But if this is all that can be said, - and it must be acknowledged that our author is pretty successful in covering the ground on his side, - we fear that his case is far from a strong one...