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...quarter of the seats in the hall were occupied by boys from the Cambridge schools, probably, some of whom, to judge by their looks, will soon be old enough to enter the primary school. Waiving the question of how much good they can get from these lectures, I think that the students in the college have a prior claim to the seats. At the next lecture the rules which I quoted above should be enforced...
...what he considers its proper meaning. We do not see what good reason what we may call the crusade party in this discussion have for clinging with such desperate fondness to a mere watchword such as this. Word-jugglery is often effective on party contests, but we cannot but think it harmful here. That is to say, we believe that those who support the new crusade often fail to grasp the real evils which have called forth this reform movement, because of a certain mental obstinacy on their part in only considering one aspect of the evil. It is true...
...promising candidate. Baker will probably cover short and Beaman third. LeMoyne will play left-field, and, provided Phillips plays second-base, Lovering will be kept in right-field, where he did such good service last year. Crocker when not behind the bat will probably play centre-field. We think the make up of the nine the strongest the college has seen for years, and there is no reason why with the promised improvement in batting the nine should not be well towards the head at the end of the season...
...chief amusements have been the theatre and the opera. Society, with its frivolous tendencies, has presented few charms to me. Partly from bashfulness, partly from misogynism, I have always taken special care to avoid all feminine society. But of Salvini and Booth, Januschausky and Margaret Mather, I think I should never tire; while I have been carried away with enthusiasm at the high notes of Sembrich...
Athletics I have never participated in, because my light weight has debarred me from all the crews and teams. Yet I have always found great pleasure in the numerous inter-collegiate contests, and think that athletics, if kept within proper limits, are almost wholesome influence in college life. The present action of the faculty I think inexpedient, to say the least...