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- "A raid was made the other night on the signboard of the C-o-l-u-m-b-i-a Hotel, and the obnoxious letters painted out. It was, however, semi-successfully cleaned with spirits of turpentine, and now maintains an elevated position and blurred appearance on the roof of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT OTHER COLLEGES. | 1/25/1878 | See Source »

Freshmen are treated badly enough now; why, is more than I can tell; although never "cocky," or rude in any way, they are looked down on by all the other classes. Perhaps, however, one of the reasons of their unpopularity is the fact that they come here no longer as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 1/11/1878 | See Source »

"OSSIP," the writer of "Conceit vs. Custom," in the last Crimson, says that whoever believes that "complete independence is the only position that can be taken by a man who has any self-respect" is apt to be "a disappointed aspirant for popularity"; that such a person "openly depreciate[s...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "CONCEIT vs. CUSTOM." | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

SCARCELY a week passes without our hearing of the resignation of some one who has occupied a position of responsibility in a college society or club. Undoubtedly the men who resign have their private reasons for so doing, and into these reasons it is of course not our province to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

Harvard thought the exception was therefore a bad one to make; and, moreover, that it might give Columbia a decided advantage over Harvard, - an advantage which our record for the past five or six years has not placed us in a position to yield. Accordingly, a reply was made to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLUMBIA MATTER. | 12/20/1877 | See Source »