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...ridiculed but yet dangerous element in our society life. He is unpatriotic when he voices the sentiment that "Americans have grown wise and prosperous by adopting the ideas and customs of other nations"; for to say this is to slight those principles which every true American loves to think of as the cause of his country's greatness. We are the exponent of an original and unique form of government whose feelings are almost lost in its advantages. Our progress is due largely to the fact that, being freed at first from an inferior form of rule, together with...
...here we are getting on to old theme of complaints, and as visions of petitions, of selfish and noisy men in the reading-room, and of electric lights, et cetera, et cetera, come upon us, we lay aside our pen, and permit ourselves for once, at least, to think of what the library is, not of what it might...
...improbable that the gymnasium authorities appreciate how cold the main hall of the building is. To one going from the dressing rooms, which are generally very comfortable, into the hall there is a surprising and disagreeable change. The steam has not, we think it is safe to say, been turned on in that place this season, though there have been several days cold enough to warrant such action. On behalf of scores of shivering students, we ask that the matter may be attended to at once and further discomfort avoided...
...very generally receive the hardly complimentary title of "grinds." It is truly said, "local pride leans more kindly toward the victories of brawn than towards those of mind;" but it is a mistake to suppose that Harvard men have no pride in intellectual attainments. The outside world seems to think that Harvard men are afflicted at heart with an indifference about all that is serious. But this conception of our character is decidedly wrong. While there is, and we may almost say, always has been, a certain indifference in the Harvard character, yet it should be noted that that indifference...
...diversions for mind and body, would be almost worse than a life in the back districts of ignorance. The young, developing mind needs diversion, and time had yet failed to produce a means of diversion superior to that afforded by athletic contests. Those who would have the student think of anything but athletics seem to care more for his harm than for his good. Many say that in themselves athletics are all very well, but why so much attention and enthusiasm? Without the attention and the enthusiasm, there could hardly be any athletics. The student does right in giving some...