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...race. We object to his apparently firm conviction that this race is to be henceforth and forever rowed at Springfield; and we do not believe with him that the fact that anything is done or left undone in the annual contest between Oxford and Cambridge is in itself sufficient reason that the same thing be done or left undone in the contest between Yale and Harvard. The article, however, contains good and pertinent ideas, and we commend it to the attention of the Executive Committee...
...playing of any kind, and smoking are either strictly prohibited, or their practice must be carried on with secrecy. Not content with these stringent rules for protecting the virtue of the "men" under their charge, the Faculty have forbidden students going to the neighboring town without giving a satisfactory reason, and obtaining permission to do so. If the students to whom these rules apply are men, they certainly are quite able to judge for themselves as to the expediency of playing billiards and smoking; and the infantile regulations by which they are controlled are out of place and ridiculous...
...puerile amusements generally confined to the smaller colleges. Society initiations of a rough character originated among the boys of sixteen or seventeen who were in college when the societies were founded. Now, however, students are much older, and as the Faculty have abolished boyish regulations, we can see no reason why students should not abolish boyish customs. The performances, which some consider so courageous or witty, of blowing up a drain, or mutilating and stealing College property, show first an absence of appreciation of what constitutes gentlemanly conduct, and second, a disposition to return to the boyish and rowdy habits...
...nearly one half, since, in order to reach chapel, one must get to breakfast at least as early as half past seven; and even then there would be no enjoyment of the meal, but a rapid shovelling process, alike disagreeable and detrimental, would take place. Should we fail, by reason of a morning nap or otherwise, to reach the hall before this early hour, either breakfast or chapel must be sacrificed. A modifying suggestion to extend the breakfast hour from seven to half past eight has been made. This plan, which is certainly better than the first, will perhaps...
There is another reason why the college rents are at present not too high. It is that every man has a right to get what price he can for his property, and as long as the rooms are regularly let at the present prices, it would be folly in the College to decrease them. Expensive rooms are provided for the wealthy, and comfortable, but plain ones for the poorer students. It frequently happens, too, that some of the best rooms in the Yard, - as some in Hollis and Stoughton, - are let at very low prices. Thus it is certain that...