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...business it would be to keep the yard free from all "muckers" and other intruders and the cries and tumult which they are sure to bring. Especially is this to be desired at this time of the year when the students desire as much quiet as possible. It would seem as though the superintendent of the yard could attend to this, but if it is not part of his duties, we hope it will not be long before some one is appointed to keep our yard free from the noise and cries incident to a public thoroughfare...
...would seem that after the directors of Memorial Hall have had a board erected to light matches upon, the practice of striking them upon the walls might be stopped...
...championship tournament or the two contests might be kept entirely separate. Perhaps the present plan may be the fairer method of deciding the championship of the college, but a class championship contest would certainly do much to arouse interest and rivalry among the classes. If it does not seem best to adopt the plan in the fall championship tournament, we see no reason why the experiment could not be tried in the spring tournament at least, which, at present, is not a championship tournament and is, therefore, generally lacking in interest...
...examination period comes, the undergraduate begins to ponder upon the injustice and hardship of this world and wonders whether life is worth living after all. He constantly notices cases where the greatest injustice occurs and wonders if it is not possible to prevent such things. It certainly does seem hard in the first place that the examinations, which are to give us the main part of our marks for the year, should all be placed at the end of the year when the weather is least suited for studying. In the Law School it is the custom, I believe...
These suggestions may seem silly, but anything is better than these long, wearying, sweltering examinations in the month of June...