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...days ago a very vigorous argument was carried on through the columns of the Yale News on the subject of "Glee Club Songs." The points on which this discussion was based were whether our glee clubs are singing songs "immoral" or "impure" or "worthy of a low variety theatre," as for instance the 'Pope,' and in endeavoring to find which writer had said the other was "no gentleman." And while of course we deem it ridiculous to claim that the clubs of the various colleges are singing songs either "immoral" or "impure," still it is remarkable how few new songs...
...Character of John Knox, William Pean and John Wesley." Josiah Quincy, his classmate, and the winner of the first prize at the Bowdoin contest, made this entry in his journal under date of July 16, 1821: "Attended a dissertation of Emerson's, in the morning, on the subject of Ethical Philosophy. I found it long and dry." The next day he went to the chapel, where Barnwell and Emerson took part on valedictory exercises before all the scholars and a number of ladies. They were rather poor, and did but little honor to the class." Emerson was quiet in manner...
...decisions reached by the intercollegiate athletic conference will be published as soon as the subject has been voted upon by the several faculties represented...
...subject of compulsory exercise for students has been attracting much attention of late and much has been written on the subject in the college papers. Such a system is in vogue at Amherst and will soon be introduced at Cornell. The Amherst plan includes regular gymnasium work for the sophomores and freshmen, and has proved itself both successful and beneficial. That some such plan here would lead to good results cannot be doubted. With our large gymnasium such a plan is practicable here, if anywhere. The large number of men in each class would only allow of this system being...
SENIOR FORENSICS.Third forensic, due on March 19. Subject: 1. Does the history of progress favor utilitarianism? 2. May virtuous acts be defined as those which tend to produce happiness? 3. "You cannot make men moral by Act of Parliament" (comment on this statement). 4. Should district and State boundaries be obliterated or ignored in the election of representatives and senators in the United States? 5. Compare Grant and Lee as military commanders...