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...College papers are a means of correcting wrongs and calling attention to abuses, I wish that they would unite in using their influence upon certain under-class men who seem to have forgotten that the day called in the catalogue Seniors' Class Day is not exclusively for them. I know that it requires some generosity to give up a desirable room to persons who may be almost strangers, but it also requires much selfishness to refuse to do so. As a last act of courtesy to the graduating class, as an effort to preserve the pleasant features of a time...
...difficult to persuade them to keep in trim through the summer. Oxford is not confident of beating Cambridge, as six of last year's crew have left the boat, and in case of her defeat she fears a race with the losers would be unsatisfactory to Harvard. It may seem to some unfair that we should be deprived of an opportunity to retrieve our loss in '69; but when we consider the circumstances in which Oxford is placed and the difficulties attending all attempts to prolong the boating season in England, we can understand and appreciate her action...
...that we have lost the championship in football, and the prospects in base-ball are anything but encouraging, it devolves upon the crew all the more to sustain the honor and reputation of Harvard, and as all the arrangements for a race with Yale have been completed, it would seem a pity that, because of a little apathy on the part of the crew, we should run the risk of defeat while we still have such splendid stuff in college. We trust that the officers of the H. U. B. C. will be able by their persuasion to settle...
...views expressed in the letter upon the mid-year examinations which we print this week seem worthy of careful notice. The mere rumor that the examinations were to be crowded into a period much shorter than usual has created much excitement and called forth expressions of discontent. The fact is, the work to be done at that time is necessarily severe, for in the daily pressure of preparing recitations little time is found for reviews, and each student, however opposed to cramming, finds the few days before the examinations none too long for reviewing the half-year's work...
...noise he makes on the way! Even the quiet men above me, who belong to the very small class that neither whistle nor sing in the entries, come down the stairs in five steps, and shake the building; and they're not as bad as the fellows who seem to dance a polka all the way down. I find I'm worse off this year than ever. Can you suggest any remedy? Is there a room where I can make a noise without disturbing other people, and where I shall not be disturbed by the noises that other people make...