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...would have time to grow weary. Furthermore, ladies do not like to prepare their toilets at sunrise; if they do dress then, they will no doubt become so jaded during the day as to seriously affect their enjoyment of the evening. I might also add that it is hardly right to compel a Senior to receive his friends at an hour which he has usually given to sleep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IMPROVEMENTS OF CLASS DAY. | 1/11/1878 | See Source »

...most decided "brace." The above allotment is so made as to consult the best interests of all classes, and is perfectly fair. If the College care enough about the crew to send them to meet Yale, the College must subscribe the necessary funds; and we all have a right to call on the Freshmen to subscribe their just share...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/11/1878 | See Source »

Popularity may result legitimately from truthfulness or illegitimately from insincerity. When La Rochefoucauld says that hatred towards the popular is nothing but love for popularity, if he means hatred of legitimate popularity, he is certainly right. But the popularity which results from insincerity men do not hate: they feel contempt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "CONCEIT vs. CUSTOM." | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

...been thoroughly canvassed, with the result of getting $55 paid from '78, $50 from '79, $50 from '80, and $12 from '81, a total of $167. The sum stated as needed was $200. And it was also said that any class which subscribed less than $50 would forfeit the right of having its year inscribed upon the case. Unless '81 comes forward with more generosity than it has yet shown, it would seem as if the class would lose this honor. The Captain of the Nine would be glad to see any Freshmen who are willing to canvass among their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

...Sunday, it seems strange that the Board have not been sooner compelled, by complaints and discussions of the matter among the members, to take this action. However, late as it comes, we welcome the change; everything that makes boarding at Commons more convenient is a step in the right direction. Apropos of the above, it is rumored that several gentlemen lost their breakfasts last Sunday, owing to ignorance of the change. Yet such changes are always noticed (as this particular one was) in the College papers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/20/1877 | See Source »