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Every autumn hears a wail go up over the degeneration of Harvard sports. Last year, when we returned from the summer vacation, humiliated by defeat, and almost in despair at our ill success, we vowed unutterable vows in our determination for a reform. We all know the result. We can even now only look forward with fear and trembling for the further results. But it is useless to sit still and bemoan the past, if we have in our hands the means of regeneration. It is very evident that the material of our athletic teams must be improved. The best...
Prof. J. W. White has told his sections in Greek V that the course has not been a success in regard to reading Greek at sight, as the plays are much too hard for the students; and he has proposed to read Herodotus for the test of the year. The choice of either continuing the Greek plays, or of reading Herodotus has been left entirely to the students in the course, and will be decided by them next week...
...return to the Spartan-like simplicity of early rowing days sounds well in theory, but if put into practice I fear it would be disastrous to future success on our part. In order to meet our rivals on an equal footing, we must be denied none of the advantages which they have. Were it impossible to meet them on equal terms, it would be better not to meet them...
...interest which I take in the success of our crew this year, and the desire that that success may not be endangered by any misunderstandings or undue rivalry on the part of the other athletic organizations of the college, must be my apology for trespassing on your space to such an extent...
...might expect that flaws could be found or improvements suggested in the constitution of the Harvard Co-operative Society. That this does not appear to be the case, at least to any appreciable extent, must be gratifying to those gentleman who labored so earnestly and carefully for the success of Harvard's experiment. The moral of this editorial lies in the thought that, had it not been for the energy displayed by a few at the recent crisis in the life of the Co-operative, no such pleasant reflections as these would come to cheer us when we sit cold...