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...that the best men do not always get the highest rank, and, in the case of the recipients of scholarships, not always the most deserving men get the highest scholarships. The evils of the marking system are many and great, its advantages few and insignificant. The faculty, we understand, are by a large majority in favor of a change, and all that is needed is a little agitation of the question from the students side to inaugurate the reform. There is little doubt that, with careful thought, a system could be devised answering the desired purpose much better than...
...that is necessary to insure its success on the diamond. The fact that only one man attended the nine to Exeter, and that only ten men went to Brown is surely sufficient evidence that eighty-eight's interest is much less than it should be. We understand that the subscriptions to the nine have been quite up to time; but subscriptions are not all that bring success to a college team. To see his nine win, not to hear of its victories, should be the wish and purpose of every eighty eight man in college, who can possibly afford attendance...
...polish a man puts upon his mind the less readily it adapts itself to the hard and exacting circumstances always found in a purely financial pursuit. But is this true? Has it not been found by trial that the more a man cultivates studious habits, the more he can understand situations that, although irksome, may yet be necessary and unavoidable? Many college educated men take up mercantile careers and are disgusted to find that they are expected to do work only fit for boys of fourteen or fifteen years of age, and unfortunately they show their disgust by assuming airs...
...understand that the leader of the brass band is having no little difficulty in getting the men in the band together for practice. The college depends on the band, not, to be sure, for the winning of some new championship from Yale, but rather for some good outdoor concerts later in the spring. The band too is an organization which is destined materially to help Harvard's reputation for musical ability. We hope therefore that in neither of these particulars, enjoyment or reputation, the college is to be disappointed. A little practice now on the part of the members...
...already, we believe, played the Brown freshmen. A freshman nine from Amherst has not appeared at Harvard for several years, although several very strong teams have been put in the field by the Amherst freshmen. The Amherst freshman nine last year was a remarkably good one, and we understand that Amherst has one this year that would be a good match for our freshman nine. The novelty of a game with the Amherst freshmen would surely attract and interested crowd, and the game would be a financial success for the management, as well as a means of getting excellent practice...