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...danger need be apprehended that the elective would fail for lack of support; for a study whose practical value is actively appreciated is much more earnestly pursued than a purely theoretical one. This is shown by the Law School, where the work of the average student far exceeds that of the same person in college. And particularly ought an elective in law to be given in the Collegiate Department of this University, in whose Law School an elementary knowledge of law is indispensable. It must be acquired before entrance, for no time for it is given afterward, and without...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN ELECTIVE IN LAW. | 3/10/1876 | See Source »

From my lone support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 2/11/1876 | See Source »

...point in this connection was mentioned in a late Crimson. If the graduates are to influence or to take part in our boating affairs, it is only right that they should take their place on the subscription list. At Yale, graduates supply about one half the funds necessary to support their crew. Why should our graduates be less generous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COACH OR CAPTAIN. | 2/11/1876 | See Source »

...general body of the students a cheap way of obtaining healthful exercise, (2) to develop material for the crews, (3) to stimulate excellence in rowing by the emulation of the different clubs. The latter two are contingent aims, to be reached through the accomplishment of the first, and the support of the clubs will always depend upon the success with which they meet the need of the main body of the students. Such being the case, it is evident that if all the clubs are not flourishing at the present moment, it must be because the students in general...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOAT-CLUB SYSTEM. | 2/11/1876 | See Source »

...other kitchen arrangements for sending up the food into the hall, and not to a lack of waiters. The result, then, of the Directors' investigation is, a general commendation of the management of the Dining-Hall, and the fair interpretation of the figures and facts collected by them can support no other result. As to that mythical "contract" which a writer in the Advocate paraded in all its broken splendor, where each table was represented as having signed away its birthright to beer and brandy for the services of an undivided waiter, and then to have been cruelly defrauded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EHEU! EHEU! | 1/28/1876 | See Source »