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...authorities are powerless to do more than keep such an evil in check, as in past years, by the painful method of dismissing detected students, - usually not the most culpable, - thus perhaps blighting their prospects for life. The responsibility or the credit for breaking up such a custom must rest with the students themselves, especially with the members of the Sophomore and Freshman Classes...
...regard to the foul, with a very few remarks we can afford to let the subject rest; inasmuch as everybody capable of judging of the courses and position of the two boats at the time of the foul has decided in favor of Harvard, with the exception of the Yale crew themselves...
...meanwhile made several attempts to pass Harvard, which put the Harvard rudder in great danger of being disabled, now spurted; and, drawing up on the starboard side, managed to obtain a lead of some four or five feet, when the boats collided, and stopped rowing; the Yale stroke oar resting against the starboard waist outrigger of Harvard. The Harvard boat being thus held back, her captain ordered the starboard stroke to pull, which he did, and in so doing disabled the Yale rudder. After the boats had separated, Cook gave an order "Easy port, hard starboard," and at this time...
...have been compelled to listen to such a description of heaven as no educated preacher can or does believe in; such a description as, taken even in its most figurative meaning, could inspire no enthusiasm for its attainment in any but the most animal natures. Perpetual rest, unending song, and Oriental luxury have been the spiritual food the preacher has offered under the appellation of heaven; and this, too often, to those. who despise the effeminacy of such luxury, and whose work, not rest, is their real happiness...
...high moral character. Messrs. Roman and Andrews responded for "The Ladies," but it appeared too vast a subject, even for them both, to do justice to. Mr. Isham replied for "The Advocate," ably expressing the wishes of both editorial boards for a continued good understanding between the papers. The rest of the evening was passed in convivial intercourse, and it was nearly midnight before the last chorus closed one of the most memorable evenings of our college life...