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...studied would not need then to cram, as they do now, in a manner as unsatisfactory to them as it can be to the Faculty. The only objection, as far as we have heard, to having the list of examinations published thus early, is that it would seem like an encouragement to cramming. It seems to us that the early publication of the list would have an exactly opposite effect, - that it would do much to prevent cramming. If students knew the order of their examinations in time, they would carefully review the subjects on which they were...

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

...room on Class Day, and give a spread, too, for that matter; but it has always been customary for the lower classmen to do all in their power to oblige Seniors on that day and to make it a pleasant one for them. Class Day, by its name, would seem to point out the impropriety, to say the least, of an entertainment of any kind not conducted by a Senior...

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

...ought not to expect to have more than one Class Day, and for a member of one of the lower classes to give a spread on that day, especially if it interferes in any way with a Senior's arrangements, would seem to be an infringement on the peculiar rights which the graduating class has by the courtesy of the other classes and of the College authorities. This courtesy has been so universal, that an exception appears very marked...

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

...seem like a poor birdling in a cage...

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

...membership and success of the clubs, and would save continual trouble and much complex organization. By adding new members it would give yet more material for the crews, and as each club would still elect its own captain, the races would lose none of their interest. It would certainly seem for the interest both of the clubs and of the individual members that some such reform as this be effected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOAT-CLUB SYSTEM. | 2/11/1876 | See Source »