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This window is but the forerunner of several others that are to be erected by later classes at no very distant day, and it is to be hoped that, with this good example set before them, the present graduating class, and those succeeding it, will not be slow to take active measures for the adornment of "the grandest college hall in the world...
...known to the mass of the students, but are spread by rumor in such a mutilated form as to create the grossest misconceptions. To prove this, one need only turn to the College journals, and notice the columns of matter explanatory of the College law. Such decisions as the present should appear on the bulletin-board in the precise terms in which they were passed, as naturally as the notice of any examination. Whether reasons should be annexed is a matter for the Faculty to decide, but we honestly believe that by giving reasons, they would, without compromise of dignity...
That harmony between instructors and instructed which we had hoped was to be the watchword of the future, can never be realized until both do all in their power to remove the causes of misunderstanding. In regard to the present matter, the feeling of the students seems in brief to be this: These decisions, if adhered to, will in the end destroy the existence of two hitherto considered very respectable and characteristic Harvard institutions, and much cripple the energies of a third, besides preventing the friends of the students from meeting them in a way agreeable and advantageous to both...
...question is, then, whether such is, in reality, the tendency of our present system of entertainments. The students say it is not. A theory of what might be has been substituted for the observation of what really is. This is the opinion of the more moderate, who would not go so far as to deny the right of the Faculty to restrict the students' independence in such matters. For ourselves, we cannot see how the same reasons which would lead the Faculty to oppose an extended tour of the Glee Club should also lead them to prohibit all performances...
CHRISTMAS comes yearly, to renew the lesson of charity. Too often the lesson is neglected. There is a custom in College that we should be glad to see become universal, - the students in each entry uniting to give a present to the goodies who attend to the rooms, and other servants who really need assistance. The duty of this slight undertaking rests, we believe, by precedent, with some Senior in each entry, and we hope they will not forget how much suffering a little thoughtfulness may prevent. Whether our servants be deserving or not, we shall go home with lighter...