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...number of men are held back from signing for uniforms by the thought that a drum and fife corps may be formed. This statement may account for the fact that so few men, especially of '87, have as yet signed the book at Leavitt & Peirce's. '87 and '88 are the only classes in college who had the good fortune to participate in the last presidential torchlight procession. Remembering how important and successful a feature the drum, fife and bone battalion then was, we are not surprised at this present hesitation to sign among the ranks, as long as there...
...statement of the increase in the demand for gymnasium lockers which we publish in another column is one of the most pleasing bits of Harvard statistics which we have been able to present to our readers for some time. It is too apt to be the case that as a university grows in numbers and therefore in social facilities, the athletic opportunities of collegiate life fall into disrepute. This has been an occasional reason offered to account for an occasional athletic defeat. The steady increase in the number of lockers in use, until now it has reached a requirement...
...statement as to the number of men in the class of '90 is untrue, as the size is as great as that of any of the entering classes for some years. The objection made to the studying of the same line of work by freshmen and seniors is a very good one, but hardly applies to the Harvard system for the freshman courses, as is well known, are different from the advanced work in the different departments, and have always been so since the opening of electives to freshmen...
...detailed statement of the accounts of the Harvard Athletic Association for the past year has been submitted to us for publication as below...
...think it fit that the authorities make some official statement of the case to the students. A few words addressed to them by President Eliot would surely meet this demand most readily. Everybody is anxious to know about this change, and it is no more than fair that Harvard's great reforms be at least understood and appreciated by those who are most directly concerned...