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...great idea of my superior wisdom, the consequence of which is that he appeals to me for confirmation every time he screws up his courage to venture an opinion on some abstruse subject, the weather for instance. "What do you think, Jack?" is his favorite formula at present...
Should either of these alternatives be chosen, it would do but little to allay the existing ill-feeling. Those who look upon the last election as the result of a coalition will hardly feel satisfied while the present officers retain their positions; and those who pretend to regard the late fiasco as a fair election will not probably be appeased by the removal of their favorites. Harmony cannot be obtained in either case. There is, however, another course which in the present state of affairs forces itself upon the attention of the class. This course is to abolish Class...
...inclined to enroll myself among those who think that an undue prominence is given to the muscular, as compared with the intellectual, in our universities. Assuming, however, for the present, that they are wrong, and that a "stroke oar" is a more enviable man than a "summa cum laude," let us examine the question on the principle that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well...
Since we are looking at rowing from a scientific point of view, let the men of the present time not only investigate the question of form, but let them go a step farther and solve a more subtle problem, the mutual effects of mind and muscle. Let them study hygiene, and be conversant with the latest hygienic discoveries. By following these suggestions, Harvard would soon become the cynosure of all rowing-men on your side of the Atlantic, and, what is of infinitely more importance, would regain and maintain her supremacy with the least possible expenditure of time and strength...
...intention of this paper to be as far as possible thoroughly independent of society feelings while dealing with this subject, and to open its columns to any and every contributor. The letters speak for themselves, and are the best sources from which a clear idea of the present situation can be obtained. What definite action will be taken, it is impossible to predict at the time of writing...