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...institution is beneath the dignity of our ex-president, the Hon. Paul A. Chadbourne. We had supposed that hostilities between the college and Mr. Chadbourne would cease on his withdrawal from office, but it seems, with characteristic spleen, he has chosen to revive the feud by writing to the press a letter slandering Williams in a most ungenerous manner. Great indignation is felt here among faculty and students, and must everywhere be felt among the alumni and friends of the college against Mr. Chadbourne for this action. The cause for this sudden outburst of malice is unknown, but the general...
...dangers and roughness of the game of foot-ball often engages the attention of the English press, and the game is generally severely criticised by them. But the Illustrated London News says of it: "The game of foot-ball has been wisely approved by the almost unanimous verdict of English public-school men, masters, boys and 'old boys,' as the best of disciplinary sports and pastimes with a view to the improvement of the mind - that is to say, the will and spirit, which does not grow strong by book-learning - as much as to that of bodily strength...
After a person has exposed himself in any way to the public gaze, he naturally looks into the next newspaper published to see what a reception his action has received at the hands of the press. It was probably with such feelings that the sixty freshmen who attended the lecture by Oscar Wilde last Tuesday evening took up the Boston papers Wednesday. As this was the first opportunity that the freshmen have taken for making themselves conspicuous in the eyes of the public, a few comments clipped from the columns of the Boston papers may be of interest...
...years, and the freshmen ought to look upon the success of their undertaking with a great deal of satisfaction, especially as it is the first class that has attended any place of amusement in a body for years, without subjecting itself to the ridicule and denunciations of the Boston press...
What a never-ending source of complaint is the Dining Association. First comes the high price of board; then as soon as the college press has canvassed that matter thoroughly, it is time for the report of last month to appear, and many are the anathemas hurled at the much-enduring board of directors...