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...plan of turning down the lights in Sever Hall during a lecture, which was tried for the first time in Mr. Channing's lecture, should be carried out at every lecture. The glare from the open gas jets has always been unpleasant...
...Tennis Association will take on this question, but last year we believe it made an attempt to form an inter-collegiate association, or at least to get up a tournament between several of the colleges. The proposal was not, however, favorably received by some of the colleges and the plan was therefore given...
...rise to some very weak actions on the part of the senior class. The arrangement at that time was that the freshman class were to be excluded from the tree unless they won a game of base-ball with Yale. This arrangement is a similar one to the "fence" plan at Yale. But the propriety of such a rule here is much more evident than is the case at Yale. For although there is probably plenty of the "fence" about the grounds in New Haven to accommodate all the freshmen who wish to "pipe their tuneful lays," there...
...recent general changes made by the faculty in our athletics. A trainer is to be obtained who will have a regular salary, to which the Athletic Association will be expected to contribute. Moreover, the association will undoubtedly be involved in new expenses in helping to forward the plan of the new athletic grounds. It is not often that the action of the Athletic Association is criticized, and, when a just criticism has been brought up, it has always received careful consideration. In this case the college has had no means of knowing the extra expenses that the association will...
...comparative ease with which the Harvard-Yale controversy was finally settled commends the method of having a personal conference and adopting and signing a set of written rules. The success of the method with Yale leads us to ask why the same plan should not be adopted with Columbia. Surely, in view of our experience with her last year, such a thing would not be out of place. In this way we should avoid a repetition of difficulties, the blame of which can be fastened satisfactorily upon no one. As a rule, we think that every athletic contest, especially...