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...will find their movements watched by the large body of orderloving students. At other colleges when such liberty has been allowed, no complaint is heard, and it has been found that if students are entrusted with power there is no tendency to abuse it: on the contrary they take pride in showing themselves worthy of the trust reposed in them. Why should not such be the case at Harvard, the college above all others which should stand at the head in this movement toward a liberalizing of college government...
...Lawrence. In all these important events we have reason to hope for successful results. Nothing has been left undone by our representative athletes to assure success in their several sports. Barring accidents we feel sure that the undergraduates of to-day will have good reason to look back with pride upon their day's work...
...their religious morals? "Any college that gives a preference for any one belief in religion and enforces such a belief on its members, must be narrow and must exert a bad influence over all who come under its sway." This has been said more than once by people who pride themselves on being well read and posted on educational subjects. It is extremely difficult to trace to its source any such report, and yet there must be some foundation for such positive statements. Undoubtedly the tendency of Harvard was Unitarian in the beginning of the century...
...this is a drawback that can be overcome, provided the man is sensible enough to accept petty duties at two and twenty, and not be above learning the rudimentary duties of business life. The failure of so many college educated men in business may be attributed to this foolish pride of age, this refusal to do what must be learned by all, young and old, who intend to make a business career successful. In trade, as in the professions, no power is stronger than that of a well educated...
...present steward has taken great pride in the order list. Having had a long experience at the Grand Union in Saratoga, he is able to equal the best hotel fare in this department. The prices of the extra orders are kept nearly at cost, and the slight profit received from them helps to reduce the price of board. Thus the order system aids in raising the quality of board and in lowering the price...