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...undergraduates in rotation to breakfast, and formed an estimate of their characters according to the breakfasts which they made. He liked to see the young fellows make a good hearty breakfast. If they did so he thought they were honest, hearty fellows, who were going on in the right way ; but if they did not make a good breakfast, he suspected them of an undue devotion to cigars and ardent spirits. This was rather a rough and ready way of arriving at an estimate, but perhaps he was not far wrong in the result. In this connection I may speak...
...second forensic will be due on Tuesday, Dec. 18, from 3 to 4.30, in Sever 1. Subjects : 1. Is the minority more likely to be right than the majority...
...would suggest in view of the nearness of the game with Yale which '87 has soon to play, that the freshman event. The class which supports the eleven has the right to demand that every effort be made to ensure success on the part of the eleven, and this will not be done unless this measure is taken. It will certainly be a pity if with such material as the class possesses '87 does not make at least as good a record this fall as '86 did last season...
...related of the college engineers, in Constantinople. not many years ago. A committee of foreign engineers had been invited by the government to investigate the workings of the institution. Among the questions propounded to the mathematical professor of the faculty was one desiring the number of right angles comprised in a right-angled triangle. The professor requested permission to consult with his colleagues before giving an answer to so knotty a question, and the next morning gravely returned with the answer that 'it depended on the size of the triangle...
...those less experienced. Is it reasonable to assert that a man who has studied base-ball can give as valuable advice to young players as can a learned professor in college to classes in his particular department? We have good material at Harvard and it is simply a down-right shame that it cannot be worked to the best advantage. Other college faculties attempted to do away with professional coaches, but their willingness to admit their mistake led them to rescind these measures. The faculty of Harvard have always been inclined to consult the best interests of the students...