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...consent to another day, subject to the same minor conditions which were to govern the first-named day. (3.) One of these conditions was that the race should be rowed upon a fair ebb tide, and this condition Harvard refused to act up to. (4.) But granting for the sake of argument that this condition was waived by Columbia, and that Columbia acted in an unjustifiable manner and sought unfair advantages, it was not for Harvard to take the law into her own hands and go out of training and leave New London before the day mutually agreed upon arrived...
...Harvard crew and of the coach as gentlemen is to be taken (and who will question it?), then there certainly was a misunderstanding, or a series of misunderstandings, throughout the whole matter. We will not say that Harvard might not at first have made concessions for the sake of courtesy and harmony; still the conduct of her representatives in insisting upon what they believed to be her rights seems, as the case now stands, technically justifiable. Whatever blame, in short, the severest judges may lay upon Harvard for her conduct up to the time of her departure from New London...
...place now occupied by two bi-weeklies. There has been no doubt for some time past that there would have to be some change in Harvard journalism, for very few, if any of the students, feel inclined to subscribe for three bi-weeklies and two dailies, for the sake of obtaining college news. With one good daily for the news, one weekly to represent the literary element, and the Lampoon, excellent in its line, Harvard will be as well, if not better, represented in the journalistic field than any college in the country. The Crimson is certainly to be congratulated...
...edition of their excellent book with cloth covers. The book is worthy of a much better cover than the cheap one that adorns the present edition, and the majority of those who buy it would willingly invest a little larger sum than the price now charged for the sake of having a pretty and durable book for the library...
...easier to tear down than to build up; easier to turn aside to other institutions the current of students and means than to set it back in the old channel. No one man or set of men ought to hazard so much of importance to the college for the sake of personal aggrandizement or the brief life of any party policy...