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...manly" for "withdrawing at a time when she will receive countless flings on account of never having won a race." It is somewhat annoyed at Captain Cook's alleged statement that Yale has a rivalry with Harvard alone, and consoles itself with the reflection that, whatever the Captain may think, the "majority" consider Dartmouth, etc., very formidable rivals. It admits that "colleges with an abundance of men and an abundance of money must dislike having to give up cherished plans for the sake of colleges which lack both, and which make opposition just because they lack both." And it concludes...
...system of instruction is unapproached, and that altogether there is nothing in the land to compare with her. Such remarks attracted my attention particularly, for the reason that I had never myself noticed this little peculiarity of our papers. I have watched them both of late, and I think now that there is a certain amount of truth in the remarks referred to; but I have failed to see why the peculiarity should be seriously objected to. It is undoubtedly bad taste to call attention in a marked and disagreeable way to the little failings of others...
...cataloguing, binding, fuel, and service. A new Gymnasium is much needed for the 1,100 students and young officers who are now in Cambridge, its cost being estimated at $25,000. The fees from the students in the University amounted to $168,541.72, $102.884.78 coming from the College. I think that the rents are included in the income from property, which was $218,715.30. The current year will show a large increase from the students, which will counteract the diminution of income from the depression of business...
...last Class meeting, some persons suggested that our action might be another influence in hastening the abolition of morning prayer; but I cannot but think that our rulers are already sufficiently aware of our opinions on this subject to be in no need of further prompting. That action may, however, be of use in showing them that public opinion would not be so violently opposed to such an improvement as is generally thought. At any rate, I do not think that we need fear what outsiders will think, if we are sure that we are doing what is right...
...certainly voted very impulsively at our meeting, yet I think that it would prove better to reconsider a hasty action than to have gone on in the old routine without giving the subject proper consideration. It is still possible for the Class Committee, if they find a feeling strong enough to justify them, to call a meeting at which the question may be discussed with proper care, and a decision reached that is of more value than a momentary impulse in a blind copying of an old custom...