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...This ignoring of girls is a curious phase in the development of the masculine mind. There would almost seem to be a polaric relation between the sexes; a magnetic attraction or repulsion, which varies with different ages as a magnet itself varies with the spots on the sun. Thus, from infancy to youth, boys run away from girls. From youth to marriage, girls run away from boys. After marriage, they run away from each other...
...past year an unusually large number of volumes have been published from the hands of undergraduates and recent graduates, and of these Harvard has furnished her full share. It is not noticeable, we fear, that these volumes have any of them been of exceptional ability, but nevertheless they would seem to mark a renewed tendency among college men towards the profession of literature. "Forever and a Day," the recently published "Guerndale," "Sly Ballades in Harvard China," and the various sketches reprinted from the Lampoon, will be familiar examples of this class of literature to Harvard ears. Joined with this tendency...
...members of the crew seem to have little to say about Harvard's crawl. It seems to be too much for them. [Acta Columbiana.] Perhaps other good reasons exist for their silence...
...consideration. Rowing is certainly an exercise that many would gladly participate in if only an opportunity were offered; as it is now there is little if any chance for its practice among us. It is almost certain that no private enterprise will afford this chance; and therefore it would seem to devolve upon the boat club almost as a duty to provide means for this admirable recreation and exercise...
...subject is sincere and earnest, and who are very willing to aid the cause in any way in their power. At one college, we understand, there is already a civil service reform among the students, and at Princeton the project of forming one is now being agitated. There would seem to be no reason why this movement should not spread throughout all the colleges of this country, and why its agitation and promotion should not be undertaken directly by college men. Of course there are many whose views on the reform are doubtful or who are professedly opposed...