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...precedent, but is that a fatal objection? Is it really any objection? The reasons for the plan are these: The freshmen of '85 have, it is undoubtedly true, proved themselves dilatory in several respects. We have, to a certain extent, (though for fair reasons) been somewhat backward in contributing to sports. It is doubtful whether we will be a "high stand" class, either, or will produce many honor men. But in one thing particularly we have been lacking - in class spirit. Undoubtedly we will exhibit many fine qualities before the end of our course, for there is good material...
...unexpected, there was no one there to meet them, so the only thing possible to do under the circumstances was to order hacks and come home, wrapped in as many carriage robes as the stable-keeper could be prevailed upon to lend. It is feared that the boat is somewhat strained, but it will not be definitely known until today, when the launch will go after it. It is hardly probable that all the crew have escaped without taking cold, which is very unfortunate, considering the nearness of the class races...
Cornell has commenced to issue a quarterly library bulletin called the Library, somewhat after the plan of the Harvard Bulletin...
...sees the advantage of so doing, and the very manifest advantages of such a course must become more and more evident to him as he sees the really harmful results that so often follow the practice. The Herald's extenuation of hazing is very well meant, but somewhat overstated...
...recent appointment of new instructors in the Law School, and the assured prospect of new quarters, can not but strengthen the conviction that the authorities are determined to leave no effort undone to place all needful improvements in this somewhat neglected department of the university. There is no reason why the Law School should not occupy as high a position in the estimation of the public, or be as well conducted as the other departments, and the energy displayed by the powers that be to increase the capabilities of the school will certainly have the desired effect of arousing...