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...committees in regard to the further employment of Col. Bancroft. At that time we were decidedly opposed to the dismissal of Col. Bancroft, and deplored what seemed to us the hasty action of the athletic committee. Since then we have had no reason to modify our opinion, which we think is that of the majority of the students. We sincerely hope that, after a full discussion of this matter, the committee may be induced to make some concessions, as was done in the report on the abolition of foot ball. In order to present to our readers all possible information...
...think, however, that the circumstances which led to this decision should be thoroughly understood. The committee which was chosen at the mass meeting of the students to prepare a petition to the faculty; offering to play with amended rules and to make such changes as seemed necessary, has fulfilled its duty by simply asking for another postponement of the entire question. As this committee had almost a month to accomplish its work and as the faculty had already granted us one delay, this last request was naturally refused. We regret that inter-collegiate foot ball has been prohibited, and this...
...pleasant to think that Harvard is to have a substantial and lasting memorial of Longfellow, whose services for eighteen years as professor of belles-lettres contributed much to the renown of the university. It is especially gratifying to think that this tribute to the man whose memory is so dear to all of us should come from those English cousins across the Atlantic whose appreciation of him as a poet was almost, if not fully, as great as that of his own friends and countrymen. The act is only another instance of the growing feeling of friendship which is fast...
...necessitate a repetition. We believe that the present game is certainly far from perfect, but we are confident that changes in the rules can and will be made to remedy the existing evils. What the students ask, is an opportunity to try their reforms. A fair opportunity, they think, was not offered them in the fall of '83. Moreover, since then, the circumstances have changed very materially. The need of purifying the game from its objectionable features is much more earnestly felt...
...good. I've been to about 'steed recitations this year, and at half of them I've flunked, while at the other half I've spent my hour in seeing other men get flunked. 'Use of library,' that's not so bad; I've been there three times, I think. Once to get out something of Smollets', and twice to get a look at a reference book, but both times that I tried to go there to grind, I couldn't get in, because the place was shut up, soon after lunch, owing to lack of energy on someone...