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...much to say that the irritation caused by a rule which gives to these students but a meagre festival period at the great season of reunion and rejoicing has an ill effect upon the reputation of the College, and deters directly and indirectly the resort thereto. The Governing Boards may well consider whether the Christmas recess should not be some-what lengthened. To all students save those within a very short radius Thanksgiving, since the recess which the Faculty at one time voted independently was abandoned, exists but in name, a sense of irritation, and a more elaborate dinner...
During the next month Gore Hall and the branch libraries in which text and reference books are kept for the service of students will be in more general use than in any other month except that preceding the final examinations. Each of these places of studious resort will be subject to an insistent demand for all the books used in the hundreds of courses that are on the examination list...
...other method, except the examinations, of testing the students' ability, but in many other courses it does seem that reports and conference papers are crowded on us in too great profusion. The result is a tendency to turn out superficial and hasty work, and in some cases to resort to unfair means. If there could be some reduction of the amount, the standard of scholarship could be kept just as high, and an undesirable temptation would be removed...
...marred by rough playing, the referee being very backward in inflicting penalties. In the matter of scoring this half was largely a repetition of the first, Dartmouth making 16 points to the University team's 8. The Dartmouth players passed with more precision and forced the University team to resort to a defensive game. Brown, Allen, and Currie did the best work for the University team; for Dartmouth, Brady, Hedges, and Dingle excelled...
...game was close from the start and the lead alternated frequently. During the first half there was little team-play by either side, but as the game progressed the play became faster and the shooting and passing of the Freshmen more accurate. The Brown men were inclined to resort to long shots...