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...Boston paper, and every man at Harvard wants to rejoice that the street cars which are now supposed to run [?] between Boston and Cambridge, are to be a thing of the past. For, who is there, that has never undergone the agony of sitting, half crushed-or, rather, owing to the unfortunate abundance of Cambridge females, of standing in the cold, crowded car, and peering frantically through the darkness in a vain attempt to discover the yard, which one never seems to reach...
...grounds on which to practice their favorite sport. Their efforts to obtain better accommodations have at last, however, been crowned by success, and with new and beautiful grounds it is but fair to expect the club to take a prominent position in athletics this season. Last fall the club rather surprised itself and the rest of the college by winning a very creditable victory, and we hope this may be but the preface to a long series of similar successes...
...spirit of Harvard is essentially a spirit of nonchalance. They who regard us with an eye that is rather critical than kind, call this disposition to restfulness, Harvard indifference. But the reproach of indifference can no longer be justly made against us. The age of change is at hand. We have a Chess club. Not long ago the members of '88 who are interested in chess, initialed into life what they imagined would be known as the Chess Club of '88. But the University grasped the idea and spread over the new born child the mantle of the 'Varsity...
...position of dignified usefulness. Alone it stands, its old companion in arms, the Massachusetts pump, being still to infirm to assist in the good work of quenching the thirst of the parched students. It is strongly suspected that the revival of one of these landmarks, or rather yard-marks, has been brought about by the Total Abstinence League in the hopes of turning aside the stream of humanity which frequents at this time of the year the neighboring beer saloons. Whether this suspicion be true or false, the fact remains that we have at last after many complaints succeeded...
...which, so far as can be seen from a cursory glance, are complete and accurate. One is apt, in reading the page devoted to the Herald CRIMSON, to think that he has the Index of last year in hand. It is rather surprising that, in such a comprehensive work, the Harvard clubs of Washington and Minnesota should be omitted...