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...correspondents take what they suppose to be the minority side of the question, and present arguments in opposition to the proposed vacation. We transcribe a few of the leading ones, disclaiming any responsibility for their value. It is argued that the alleged need of rest to the "hard-working undergraduate" is overestimated, and that even if true of some, they are a small minority of the whole number. That the advantages of a vacation would not benefit the large number who spend their Saturdays and Sundays at home, nor those who live at a great distance. To these latter...
...These entrance examinations might furnish a basis on which to divide the class into several sections, which should differ from each other both as regards the time when themes should first be written, and also as regards their number. These suggestions are made merely to show that the undergraduates take fully as much interest in this subject as the alumni, and feel just as keenly as they the disgrace that comes upon a college when any of its graduates are found to be ignorant of the rudiments of an ordinary English education...
...well take this occasion to renew our thanks to our undergraduate contributors, and to bespeak their support in the future. We have been pleased to notice increasing contributions from Freshmen, many of which, however, the character of the subject or the looseness of expression prevents us from publishing. A little more care in composition, in order not to conceal the real thought of an article under a multiplicity of words, would greatly improve the majority of Freshman contributions. Let them not think us ungrateful or hypercritical, but let them persevere in their kind efforts...
...Yale University Crew consists of Messrs. Cook and Fowler, '76; Kennedy, Nixon, Wood, Brownell, S. S. S. And we can take no men from our Law School...
...very much pleased with the sketches of life and character in the Record, and gladly take the opportunity of enlightening our readers as to the manners and customs of the natives at Yale: "A friend of ours always begins his afternoon parade by standing on the steps of the New Haven House, with an old toothpick in his mouth that he has kept for the purpose. After he has made a good impression he starts down street, stopping long enough to get a cigar charged; he circulates around until the free soup is ready at Eli's, and then slips...