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...voice with that of others for the higher education of women; but we question the wisdom of educating them under the same roof with the other sex. We do not, with the Amherst Student, "fear the humiliation which the trousered sex must bear" when exposed to the "irresistible power of their beauty" But for their sake, for the sake of their dear mammas, if they come to Hamilton, we should feel compelled to recommend the dear ones to the watchful care of the matrons in our neighboring seminaries...
...empowered to make and put into effect any changes in the regime of the Hall that may seem good to them, provided that such changes meet with the approval of the Corporation. In short, as far as the management of the Association is concerned, the Directors have absolute power, subject alone to the will of the Corporation. The Dining Association occupies Memorial Hall by permission of the Corporation. The Bursar is the agent of the Treasurer of the University. As such, he is vested with certain powers with regard to the leasing and assignment of rooms; and of late...
...challenge the universe. To remind effectually such a little tin god-on wheels that he is after all nothing more than a common mortal, is a pleasure that falls to the lot of few. We rejoice, therefore, that the students so energetically rebuked recently the unwarrantable assumption of power by a too officious official. The Directors of the Dining Hall, in branding the Bursar's action in removing one of their official bulletins as usurpation of the plainest sort, is approved not only by the students themselves, but also by all the outsiders that have heard of this disgraceful affair...
...follows, that after a college organization has been defeated for a year or two, the popular enthusiasm in its welfare is lessened. Men wish in the long run to stand by victory. But it seems to us none the less necessary that the College should do all in its power, by expressing its interest, to help raise our position in any branch of athletics from second to first place. This is the least that can be expected from the students at large, and if it is shown, they naturally look for corresponding hard work on the part of our representative...
...standing broad jumps from the programme, but after a heated discussion, the former motion was lost, the latter, however, eventually being passed. The aggregate weight of the tug-of-war teams was limited to 600 pounds. Lafayette College, of Easton, Pennsylvania, was admitted; and the Executive Committee were given power to admit McGill College, Montreal, should she apply. The following officers were then elected by acclamation: President, Walter I. Badger, Yale, '82; Vice-President, Evert J. Wendell, Harvard, '82; Secretary, Alexander Harvey, Columbia, '82; Treasurer, H. F. I. Porter, Lehigh, '80. Executive Committee: the President; G. H. Taylor, Columbia...