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Harvard Union Debate. Sever 11, 7.30 P. M. The question is : "Resolved, That a senator or representative should be governed in his vote by the wishes of his constituency rather than by his own convictions...
Number 3 of the first volume of Yale's new paper, the Critic, impressed us rather favorably at first glance. After reading the editorial column we thought that the Critic was designed to be a sort of a Nation among college papers - a field entirely unoccupied in college journalism. And this in our opinion is what it should be. The Critic, - with the exception of the first column, which is written in an admirable style, - contains but three or four subjects, all of which have been handled from time immemorial by other college papers. If the Critic wishes...
...fence around Jarvis field we could never fully understand. At games which should do much to fill the coffers of the Harvard and visiting nines, surprisingly small sums are realized. The reason is that but few care to pay an "admission" fee for stepping over a certain - or uncertain, rather - boundary; as a prominent paper remarked Sunday, "of the 2,500 spectators at the Brown-Harvard game, about 500 paid anything." A brick wall has been talked of as more agreeable to the eye than a board fence. It matters not what it is, but there should be some barrier...
...been proposed that it would be a good plan to organize a college club, with quarters in the old law hall, where the leading periodicals would be kept. A billiard hall could be opened, and coffee rooms would furnish pleasant places of commerce for the fellows. The plan seems rather impracticable to us, but it certainly would be a very delightful institution if it could possibly be successfully established...
...there during their post-graduate studies in the same way. Tutoring is not confined to lazy or dull men. Sometimes a smart scholar, wishing to devote all his time to one branch of study, and being compelled to pass examinations in other branches, will tutor up in the latter rather than spend the time necessary to work them up alone. Then, also, there are usually a number of boys in Cambridge and Boston fitting for Harvard under private tutors, often college students...