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...publish to-day the situation of affairs in the Mott Haven cup controversy which has lately arisen. The loss of the records of the association show lamentable negligence on the part of some one; a search ought to be made for the missing journal, for it cannot be certain, at least from what is now known, that it is certainly lost. If, however, no minutes can be found, the question should be settled in some other way at an early date. The general understanding throughout the college world is that Harvard owns the cup, and we do not believe that...
...Minneapolis, who was one of the originators of the idea of a challenge cup, and gave something towards its purchase, saying that he did not intend the cup should ever become the property of any one college, but should remain as a perpetual challenge cup. Then, of course, search was made for the record of the resolution of the association which gives Harvard her claim to the cup - only to result in the discovery that the secretary's records had been lost. The matter is now being investigated by a committee consisting of representatives from Columbia, Pennsylvania...
...above clipping gives evidence of that spirit of newspaper work which is now doing so much to lower the tone of the press in this country. In a vain search after reputation as a brilliant reporter, the unscrupulous newspaper man hunts around for exciting news. When none can be found, an inaugriative brain has been known to concoct falsehoods and publish them with brazen effrontery. Colleges especially are exposed to this newspaper pest. The doings of students are always painted in the loudest tints and an indiscretion is magnified into a crime...
...heart, but oftener are driven away by the all-absorbing cares and duties of every-day life. It is so even in religion. Religion is everywhere seeking ingress to the heart of man, and the knowledge of Christ is ready for those who are willing to search. The door is open, but no one enters. We can liken to this our modern discoveries. The knowledge of electricity, of the telegraph and telephone has been knocking from time immemorial at the minds of men; but it was not until some great man threw open the doors of his intellect to these...
...should be a large-minded and fair man in his search for truth in all his studies and investigations. The truth should be his light, and the end of his seeking should be the perfect light. He should judge all, both men and things, according to their true value, holding wealth and station in less esteem than character, the purpose of his education from its beginning...