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...they were founded. Whatever the vicious or bad effects of the marking system - and it is generally acknowledged that it fosters more and worse kinds of meanness than any other educational or civil law to which young men can be subjected - it must be preserved for its founder's sake...
...necessarily merely an experiment for the rest of this year; and if, by the neglect of those for whose benefit it was undertaken, it should fail, its failure would carry with it the failure of the association, and the probable abandonment of the whole organization. For the sake, therefore, of preserving this institution, whose full value to themselves even they would realize to their cost if it should be removed, these men should come back to the hall at once. The directors have done their best, the corporation have done their best, the steward is doing his best. It only...
...been found, whose board at Memorial during the term has averaged nearly twelve dollars a week. His father has written him, advising him, for economy's sake, to buy a carriage and take quarters at the Vendome...
...well yet. There are many students who intend to return to Memorial after the recess, but they cannot leave their present boarding-house at such short notice as is made necessary by the board of directors. There is another class of men who would return merely for the sake of saving the association from failure, provided that they could commence with the beginning of the next term, but they are hampered by the same restriction as the others - a lack of due notice. Another reason for postponing the date on which Memorial Hall shall be closed. The bill for board...
...action of some members of the university in buying the tickets for the sports, presumably for speculative purposes, is severely and justly condemned. Many who had invited female friends to attend the games find themselves in a peculiarly embarrassing position, and for the sake of humanity we hope that the wishes they have expressed for the speculators may not be realized. The anger of those who find themselves thus disappointed in their plans is not to be wondered at. The instant that any amusement is announced that is probable to attract the fellows, some men put themselves on the alert...