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Such is the story of commencement day, and such, it is hoped, it will ever remain. Last year the various class secretaries, who usually make the arrangements for providing the refreshments for their several classes, were politely requested to have nothing stronger than claret punch, or some equally harmless decoction, provided for the class entertainments. This request was complied with in several instances, but it was generally observed that the claret punch entertainments were neglected by those for whose edification they had been provided, and that the rooms where the old fashioned article was set forth were extensively patronized...
...place at four. Brown is rowing two. Ayer and Vogel have recently gone to the training table as substitutes. The crew leaves for New London on the 19th. The crew are rowing in poor form and show very little interest in their work. As only about two weeks remain before the race, it is to be hoped that a decided brace will take place in the rowing of the crew. The loss of Borland has undoubtedly greatly crippled the crew; still, with faithful work, there is no need of discouragement. A few individual faults need correcting, especially...
...members of the faculty since the university was organized, is about to leave Ithaca in the midst of general regret. His valuable art and literary collections, which have been deposited in the library and other buildings on the campus, will leave Ithaca also. Professor Fiske will go abroad, to remain several years. He will be missed at Cornell, where his popularity has been phenomenal and his usefulness very great...
...joined the Inter-collegiate Tennis Association, there will be a greater demand for expert players than ever before, and we urge constant practice on the part of those men in the lower classes who play, in order that as the college is foremost in tennis now, it may remain so in the future. Under the present state of affairs any one who wishes is given a chance to play, and there seems to be no reason to prevent skill from being developed, wherever it may exist...
...concert of the Glee Club and Pierian Sodality gave rise to several reflections on the subject of our college song. It has often been commented on that "Fair Harvard" should remain forever the distinctly Harvard song. Setting aside the hymn like character of the air, it seems a pity that a college that has graduated so many musicians has not been able to obtain for itself an original production more suitable to the many occasions when such a song is required. The only other song that is recognized as a distinctly Harvard song is the "Yale Men Say," but this...