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...race a week or two earlier than heretofore. There is no reason why this should not be done. The three upper classes having old and experienced men in their boats can easily get down to their best form by the first of May, while the freshmen show by their present superiority over all former freshmen crews at this time of the year, that with a like improvement for the rest of the winter and spring, they will be in excellent condition to row the race at the proposed date...
...question of dividing the league has been discussed in other colleges, and seems to meet with much favor. At Amherst and Dartmouth many favor the plan, and think that a league composed of these colleges and Williams would be an improvement so far as they are concerned over the present league in which their "nines" have no show for first or even second place...
...seems, therefore, that an attempt to dissolve the present league would be successful at the convention. And surely this would be a far better plan than for Harvard to withdraw alone from the league in the hope that Princeton, Yale and Brown would follow her and thus leave Dartmouth and Amherst in the lurch. We certainly think that a smaller league than the present one is desirable, since it would result in a closer contest for the championship. This, however, in largely a matter of opinion, and we shall be glad to publish the opinion of any one who entertains...
...sunny parlor, with its home-like belongings, had gathered Professor Hill's Rhetoric class. A half dozen young ladies sat about informally while the professor read his lecture. He had just delivered the same lecture to the sophomore class in the college, and adapted it to his present audience by means of frequent parentheses. It was somewhat after this fashion: - 'Unless a man acquires a taste for reading before he goes into business (or a woman before she marries), it cannot be cultivated in afterlife'. . 'The trouble with the writing of you young men is that you have nothing...
...evening of Nov. 18 the Lambia Chapter of the Delta Psi Fraternity gave a reception to the senior and junior society men of the college. A large number were present, and a very pleasant evening was enjoyed...