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...possibly ignorance of this imperishable glory awaiting the victors which, aided by a glut of beer-mugs, has made the interest in the clubs so small this year. This whole matter of the clubs presents a problem which puzzles the most astute boating men. The handiest reason for the rapid decline in interest is the much-worn "Harvard indifference." It seems probable that the high state of civilization which we have here attained is antagonistic to boating. As proof of this is brought forward the fact that the Weld Club, which, since Beck Hall was included in it, has represented...
...inexplicable problem what became of the immense amount of blue bunting so conspicuous at the end of the first mile of the boat-race, so conspicuous by its entire absence at the end of twenty-two minutes after the signal start was given...
...solution of the problem of the origin of evil has been furnished by a correspondent of the Transcript, who says that immorality at Harvard is due to electives in Philosophy...
...propound the following problem (no one but Harvard need send in a solution). If in nine years Cornell has reached her present height among American institutions of learning, what, at the present rate of advancement, will be her rank when she is - say, two hundred and fifty years old?" - Cornell Review...
...valuable consideration in view of the hot summer days. But this morning hour cannot be secured without a change in the breakfast and chapel hours, since studying before breakfast is difficult and exhaustive, while breakfast before chapel is certainly impracticable. I would suggest, then, as a solution of this problem, that the chapel hour be at a quarter before seven, with breakfast immediately following, and that otherwise no change be made, the hours for recitation remaining just as they are. This arrangement would leave to those who desired it a full hour and a half between breakfast and the first...