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...characteristics of the Harvard spirit in athletics and in every other field, we must soon see a marked increase in the interest of the students in the chapel services. If there are men at Harvard who wish to show that Harvard can throw off her indifference let them begin right here. The greater the number of men who make the effort, the greater will be the success of Harvard during the coming years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/9/1888 | See Source »

...into invective against a management chosen by representatives of the college, who probably know very well what is best for Harvard's interests in base-ball. We say all this to vindicate the base-ball management. It does not mean that we believe them always to be in the right. But we believe that, in this case, the attack was unjustifiable, and as such, to be refuted. It is not pleasant for men who are conscientiously doing their duty to be abused without rhyme or reason. If we are not satisfied with what the base-ball management...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/8/1888 | See Source »

...particularly to the effect this provision would have upon the relations of the Catholic and the Protestant portions of the community. The breach between the two divisions of the population should be closed as much as possible; but the inevitable tendency of an act giving the public authorities the right to supervise private schools would be to widen the breach to an alarming extent. Whenever the election of a school committee happened to come up, everybody would go to the polls knowing that the approval of parochial schools would come before the committee then elected, and hence the religious question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President Eliot on Private Schools. | 3/8/1888 | See Source »

...gallery can be made to let in enough fresh air without creating a draught, to keep the atmosphere the Library from becoming so stifling and unhealthy, as it is now. If we cannot hope for improvement in the ventilating facilities in the Library, we certainly have a right to expect that those that do exist will be used as advantageously as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/6/1888 | See Source »

...treaty is necessary. We have a right to the privileges we desire, and can secure them without a treaty: Lodge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English VI. | 3/2/1888 | See Source »