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...glad to hear that the Harvard Union has begun negotiations this year with the Yale Union in regard to another debate. Last year the debates were very interesting and successful considering that they were the first attempt in this line. This year, we understand, it is proposed to hold the debates under the same conditions, one in Cambridge or Boston in January, and the other in New Haven in March. These debates serve an excellent purpose in bringing together Harvard and Yale in contests other than athletic and they give, moreover, a good opportunity for individual development in debating...
...were about the poorest and flattest attempt at track games that we have ever witnessed, and compared to the games of the last few years they were very discouraging. Ninety-six, either because they have no material or no interest - have made a poor showing in this regard. We understand that some of the competitors who had entered were obliged to attend football practice, but this slight exception is no excuse for the miserable number of entries. In several events, morever, many of the competitors did not appear and four events had to be postponed because their were no entries...
...hope that Ninety-six will look out for it in future. Moreover when the class is dismissed the men generally make a great rush from Boylston Hall to Memorial, regardless of trees and shrubs on the lawns. In this manner several valuable plants have been badly injured. We can understand, considering the unpleasant system of general tables and checking at Memorial, how each man wishes to get there as soon as possible, but it should not be done at the expense of our trees and shrubbery...
...remedy this evil, we must first understand the positive side of the question and this involves a knowledge of the real function of marriage. Marriage, as a modern institution is the result of a gradual evolution from many forms of living. First there was the patriarchal in which man asserted absolute superiority over woman, and captured as many wives as he could. Next came the matriarchal, an inevitable reaction from the former, in which marriage by capture was succeeded by marriage through captivation. Then came the union of one man with one woman for life, but against this the great...
...understand the situation two facts should be remembered. Harvard and Yale have a four years' agreement to play football at Springfield on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, while Yale and Princeton are members of the Intercollegiate Football Association, by a rule of which the two leading teams of the year before play in New York on Thanksgiving...