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Such announcement of cuts seems to us an unmixed good, and it is only with unpleasant surprise that we learn of the Registrar's interference with its continuance. This is not the first occasion on which the present Registrar has interfered officiously, when not officially, with matters that seem without the sphere of his action, and has manifested a spirit towards students that may in future render the legitimate exercise of his functions less agreeable than would be desirable. We certainly admire the subordinate's strict execution of a superior officer's orders, but when an inferior becomes more rigorous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/11/1876 | See Source »

...suggestive of a tone of feeling from which it is hoped Harvard has emancipated herself, that I was not unprepared for the disapproval I soon began to feel in reading the article. As I continued to read, however, disapproval deepened into indignation. The question of open elections no longer seemed an unsettled issue. That reform was not the modification of an institution for the sake of convenience in which case further modification, or even the return to the old state of things, would be conceivable; but open election, it was thought, meant the assertion of a principle, from which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN AMERICAN OLIGARCH. | 1/28/1876 | See Source »

...heavens seem to twinkle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CALLS. | 1/28/1876 | See Source »

...regretted that the element of actual danger will be wanting, and therewith half the charm of surmounting hitherto untrodden summits. The London Alpine Club imposes as a condition on all candidates that they shall have ascended to the height of twelve thousand feet above the sea; but it would seem difficult for the Boston club to form any valid test of the ability of candidates, as it is a sad fact that there is scarce a high hill in New England which cannot be safely ascended on a cloudy day and without guides...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/28/1876 | See Source »

...temporary changes, and the notices on the Bulletin Board take precedence in any conflict. No mention in the Rules is made respecting the Seniors' privilege of voluntary recitations, as this system is still an experiment, and due notice of the privilege has been posted; unfortunately, too many students seem inclined to cut to excess, regardless of "the hopes of future years." Many absences that would be excused readily are left to swell the total of cuts, and the percentage of attendance is lowered; and when the system is carefully reviewed, as it is bound to be, will give an actual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/14/1876 | See Source »