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...hear? Even granting that the kind of music the Club now attempts is not too difficult, ought it not to confine itself exclusively to real college songs, - songs that breathe in every note the spirit of our life at Harvard, with all its picturesque manners and quaint customs? I think that we can all see the justice of this question. If our friends come to hear a college glee club sing, can we blame them if they prefer to hear such songs as "Nancy Lee," "Sally am de Gal for me," and "Jingle Bells," to "Two Roses," "Three Chafers...
...succeed perfectly. Our scholars are as thorough as any, and the result of their efforts could not fail to be a text that would serve as a standard to colleges and schools. It is true that in Germany and England men spend their lives in comparing manuscripts, and think they have accomplished no small task if they can find some trustworthy authority for changing the spelling of a single word in a book whose text is acknowledged the most accurate. We should have the advantage of compiling an edition from the many that already exist, added to which advantage would...
...think it right, however, to state clearly our opinion on the subject of the challenge. There is a tacit agreement between Harvard and Yale that they shall row an eight-oared race every year; of course, until the preliminaries of this race are arranged, no other challenge which might interfere with it can possibly be sent. Last year, for several good reasons, we were forced to refuse Cornell's challenge, and it was only proper that we should challenge her in return, as we have done, at the earliest possible date. The Executive Committee not being composed of jockeys...
...think the Foot-Ball Club is to be congratlated on the state of its finances, though not on this alone. The enthusiasm shown by the Captain at the recent meeting deserves the support of all members of the club...
...appears in the form of a magazine, managed by five editors, two from each of the societies, and a fifth, who is described as being "originally a convenience to prevent the possibility of a tie." The position of a convenience may be an agreeble one, but we should think that the fifth editor would object to having such a statement of his capacity printed on the cover of the magazine...