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...organization. The new hall, is on the face of it, not what the students asked for. The question is, however, whether or not it will fulfil to the best advantage the needs of the University. A committee from the Board of Directors of Memorial Hall, in a protest published in the form of a communication, lays down very clearly its arguments against any such plan as the one now proposed. It maintains, as a result of careful investigation, that for anything like satisfactory board, the difference in costs per week at Memorial and at the new association would...
...committee from the Board of Directors ends its protest with a renewal of its former petition, which thus far has been ignored by the Corporation, but we sincerely hope we may some day see it granted. It seems a pity that when such a scheme was proposed which promised satisfaction to all and success financially it should be forced to give way to one which we believe does not fulfil the wants of the University...
...curse of our athletic and social life, Yet we question whether the careful observer of our evens our nines and our crews today can find that Harvard indifference" governs them even with moderateness, to say nothing of an increasing influence. Nor can we reconcile the writer's protest against this "pest" with his statement in the next editorial that the spirit shown at the Junior Dinner "made one wonder how started the term 'Harvard indifference.' " We would prefer to judge the Advocate by its Second rather than its first editorial and to believe that at heart it agrees with...
...deplored. There are many cases where men are justified in dropping their connection with the Mott Haven team; but on the other hand there are cases where the reasons advanced are less sound. It is against the spirit shown in these latter cases that we wish to protest...
THERE is a custom prevalent at Memorial Hall against which we wish to protest for the sake of the reputation of Harvard men as gentlemen. We refer to the deplorable practice of hissing and stamping whenever a man appears in the gallery with his hat on his head. Whether ladies are present or not the same things happen. If after Vesper services, for instance, a man in a crowd walks into the gallery with his head covered, the disgraceful uproar at once begins. The visitors do not realize the meaning of it; too often they think it is a personal...