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...certain to make any boat go to the bottom, in rough water, and it was suggested that if the Yale 'varsity had been compelled to row on water that was at all choppy, her boat would have followed the example set her by the freshmen. Thus we have no right to say that the Thames course is too narrow for three boats, because last year one of them came to grief...
...freshmen should concur with the decision reached by Columbia. Whatever be the result of the deliberations of Monday night, that judgment must have good solid reasons behind it and must not be the outcome of prejudice or hasty and careless discussion. Our correspondent of to-day may be right in the main, but we thin that the position which he takes is narrow and somewhat superficial. Further comment on the subject we shall reserve until a later issue...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - It has been the custom for undergraduates to grant the use of their rooms to seniors for class-day. So firmly has privilege been established by precedent, that it is now regarded by the graduating class almost as a right. There are, however, several men in the college buildings who are unwilling to conform to this custom. Such a man it has been my misfortune to meet. Of course the retention of a room may seem a small matter to him, but to myself it is far different. Indeed my whole spread depends upon...
...college authorities, and the presumed readiness of college instructors to give personal advice in the matter, it may seem as though the chance of going astray were pretty well limited to the heedless, the capricious, and the wrong-headed, who can hardly be induced by any means to go right. But really there are many well meaning fellows of sixteen to twenty-four who, with the best of purposes and wishes, are not competent to judge of the lines of study best for them, or to form opinions in which they feel confident, and advice directed by the best intentions...
...League reserves the right to publish, at its own expense, any of the Essays for which prizes are awarded, and will print the essay receiving the first prize among its annual publications...