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COMPLAINTS have come to us concerning the action of the Bursar in regard to the transfer of rooms. The old transfer is a thing of the past, and it has been said that if one man wants to give up a room which another is anxious to get, it is impossible for the thing to be done. He who first drew the room, it is said, must hold it, no matter how many homeless wretches may long to rest their limbs within. We have examined the matter and find that the case is not quite as bad as this...
...protect spectators, and to make an expenditure of money which is very small. On general principles, we are opposed to any sort of connection between the general public and the race. It is purely a college affair, with which the public should have but a passive interest. During the past few years, however, it has been the custom to talk and write about the College Regatta as if it were some professional contest...
...World teems with historic memories; every town has its castle or chateau, every river its famous bridge: but here relics of the past are fewer, and when met with deserve a visit. Modern progress seems hostile to their existence; the tower, rock, and tree of ancient renown are generally neglected; the old gateway and mansion often fall before the encroachments of a railway or a turnpike...
WHEN New Yorkers are asked what has kept them out till half past twelve, they blandly reply, "Ben to 'vival Moosy an' Sansey (hic)." - Index...
...boat and pull the old three-mile race without a coxswain. If they had to do the first alone, it would be something beyond what was usual with our crews, but we are so situated this year that, having rowed a longer and harder race than any crew of past years, they will have to do the regular work of former crews, and this at a disadvantage. It is more than any one can expect that they will be successful in both races. Which of the two then is more important? This question has been answered, and most of their...