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...reason for the request for recognition by Harvard is, that under the present arrangement the hold upon the advantages of the university now enjoyed by the Annex is merely temporary and liable to be lost at any moment. To be able to continue the work it is asked that the affairs of the Annex be administered by the governing organization of the university. As Harvard is not able to undertake this charge under the present circumstances, the managers desire that their school shall be no additional burden. To bring about this result and to further the general interests...
...faculty, and make amends for their act of disobedience by submitting the following apology under protest, all of which seems to redound far more to the credit of the seniors than of the faculty: "We the undersigned members of the senior class, while we feel that our request was a reasonable one, and while we deny the charge of willful combination, yet feeling a deep interest in the welfare of the college, and because on account of the very determined stand taken by the other college classes the affair has assumed such unexpected proportions as to seriously menace the welfare...
...substitute offered, class games, to revive class spirit, now nearly extinct, and as unwarrantable in view of the fact that the "new system" at Amherst transfers the control of the students' disposition of time, money and energy from the faculty to the students themselves. The resolutions conclude with a request to the faculty not to persist in a course that will surely result in a diminution of the students' affection for their Alma Mater and respect for its faculty. The resolutions were eagerly signed by all the classes, less than half a dozen men having as yet refused...
...special request of the committee, Mr. Pach has consented to allow those seniors not satisfied with pictures already made, to sit again, provided such sittings be made within this week. By terms of the contract all sittings were to be finished today; and it is sincerely hoped that each member of the class will show his appreciation of the privilege thus extended by accepting a negative before Saturday night...
...following is published by request: "It is the swell way," said the foxy junior as he bought the wide-ruled theme-paper...