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ABOUT twenty-five bicyclists met in Holden Chapel last evening for the purpose of organizing a club. The whole number of men in college who own machines is somewhat over thirty, so there were quite a number who were not present...
...Captain, C. A. Parker, '80; Secretary and Treasurer, R. C. Sturgis, '81. The officers were empowered to choose an Executive Committee of five, who are to have full power to settle all matters in regard to the club. This Committee is also to draw up a Constitution and present it at a meeting to be held some time next week...
...School crew is at present rowing as follows...
...reward men who are, it is said, unjustly deprived of reward. The effect in the first respect will be, on the contrary, to diminish the total amount of true scholarship among the students. The value of honours under the new plan will be much less than that of the present ones. The very value of graduating honours at present is that there is a general interest as to who obtains them; there will be much less interest taken in a list embracing a large proportion of the class, - it will rouse as much excitement as the list of Bachelors...
...scheme, will be greatly benefited; the result on this class, to the contrary, will be rather to diminish good scholarship than to increase it. Some will, undoubtedly, be incited to further exertion by having a prize put within easy reach; but a great many, who at present take hard courses, and do very fairly in them, will give up Philosophy or English, and substitute German and Natural History, in which they are sure to get "honourable mention." The author of the article entitled "Honours and Honourable Mention" spoke of the new system as less conducive to studying for marks than...