Word: properness
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...harm. Why then should not men have a trifle more pride about appearances? The building of a fire upon the lawns kills all the grass immediately underneath it and scorches much more for many yards around, so that the evil effects can be seen for months. If proper pride for appearances does not move the student, then a slight regard for college property ought to make him more careful. Let us enjoy our victories, but let us at the same time observe the rights of private property...
...care and forethought the various electives, which they may select. No college in the country offers such inducements or imposes such responsibilities upon its students as Harvard. Many students while arranging their electives, rely too much upon their own judgment, and fail to consult as freely as they should proper and competent advisers. The result is frequently shown in a poorly arranged and unsatisfactory course. The Harvard freshman is too apt to abuse the extreme liberty of choice allowed him. He is often led from subjects, which he should pursue to others which, though eminently suited to the requirements...
...would suggest that the proper authorities do something to check the outrageous crying and shouting of the mob of small boys which lines the edges of Jarvis whenever a game is in progress. This nuisance was particularily noticeable on Saturday last, and several complaints have been made concerning it. If the policemen would exercise themselves a little more to keep order, it would certainly make a marvelous change, and might even prove ab effectual check to any repetition of this time-honored offense...
...writer has been able to ascertain, the only college which has ever successfully supported a canoe club. With the advent of the Harvard Canoe Club, it is to be hoped that an enthusiasm may be created which will result in raising this sport to its proper place in the estimation of American college men. Its advantages are so apparent, and the pleasure and profit to be derived from its pursuit is so obvious that description is useless. Suffice is it to say that no one who has once experienced the fascinations of the double blade has ever failed to become...
...Cricket Club will not do any practicing this year on account of the impossibility of getting its grounds on Jarvis field sodded and in proper working order...