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...anticipated pleasure of meeting the Advocate and the Lampoon on the foot-ball field must be foregone. Our challenge has not been accepted. We did not expect that the staid elderly matron - the Advocate - would show the white feather. Black accords with your age and sombre disposition, respected maid of Harvard. Do not shock our taste by wearing white. As your formal edict has gone forth, declining the contest, please accept our hopes that you enjoyed your Thanksgiving dinner, and that many more are in store for you. We can understand why Lampy. displayed his discretion, rather than his valor...
Examinations of Yale freshmen show that the S. S. freshmen are unusually strong in muscular development. The average age of the freshmen is 19 years. - a little younger than...
...Medical, 264; Dental, 33; Graduates, 72. The Bussey Institution and the School of Veterinary Medicine have 4 and 27 students respectively. With the officers of government and instruction, the total number in the university is 1662, an increase of 76 over the total for 1884-85. These figures show that the class of '86 has lost 2; '87, 20, and '88, 23. '89 excels last years freshman class by only 3. The number of special students is 110, a gain of 40 over 1884-85. Last year's total for the college, 1006 is increased by 62. There...
...show that he is not dealing merely with theory, Prof. Palmer shows by actual facts that "a manlier type of character actually appears as the elective pamphlet extends." The tone of what is proper at Harvard has changed during the past few years. A more elevated idea of gentlemanly conduct exists. "Hazing, window smashing, disturbing a lecture room, are things of the past." Desire for honors and ambition to gain good standing, have been quickened. The middleman in the freshman class in 1874-5, received an average mark of 59; the middle man of '84 gained...
...claim which is continually advanced that the elective system encourages the election of soft courses is compared with cold statistics, which show that the higher courses, those requiring earnest original work, are the most popular...