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...last few years is very noticeable, especially among college men. A year or two ago a man who possessed the apparatus of an amateur photographer was looked upon as a curiosity, but now, instead of being the exception, he is fast becoming the rule. The interest which the students show in this pastime is not surprising. Nowhere so much as at college does the student wish to perpetuate the pleasant memories of faces which cluster around his life. the pleasure of looking over in future years some old photographs of past friends and scenes of college life, taken by himself...
...college which rumor says has only a couple dozen on so of students, which however supports a nine, eleven, and I know not how many other athletic organizations. We look at the noble buildings of this great college, hunt up the president-faculty-janitor, and get him to show us about and let us into the new chapel-and Tufts may well boast of having the prettiest chapel for miles around. However, we have to tear ourselves away at last from the great Tufts, and are soon descending the hill. As we return, if we keep our eves open...
Considerable criticism was made up on the methods which the Committee took last evening for stopping free debate on the subject of the abolition of foot ball, after a notice had been published, inviting students to be present who wished "to show cause why action should not be taken...
...what is already the most objectionable feature of college rowing. You make it impossible for crew men to do as well in their studies, and so you prepare the way for the eventual abolition of rowing. If you object to Mr. Bancroft, gentlemen, say so, and prove your accusations. Show that the whole thing is not due to the personal pique or dislike of our distinguished graduate! But do not compromise by making us coach ourselves-unless you do it with the full understanding that you are thereby ruining our boating interests...
...think, gentlemen, that the same prohibition in track athletics has not lost us the Cup, and therefore that rowing can be similarly treated, you simply show your ignorance and lack of practical experience. The one is a matter of individual work; the other offers the problem of making eight men do at the same time each his best individually, and altogether their best collectively-making eight men work like eight men, and like one machine. The conditions are wholly different. Consider, gentlemen, what you are doing, and also explain the peculiar distinction you make between a professional (!) such...