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...tree and its companion follies - might well be abolished; and if the oration and poem were deemed worthy of perpetuation, they could be delivered either with the College parts, or on a separate occasion. On another day a concert in the Sanders Theatre would be an agreeable event. The various spreads, etc., could take place on various afternoons, and need not interfere with each other. And if the societies wished to have any special ceremonies of their own they might perfectly well do so. At the same time, a boat-race, a ball-match, and an athletic tournament would...
EVER since Mr. Huxley's visit to this country evolution has been the prominent topic of discussion in scientific circles. So various have been the opinions which we find in the papers from day to day, that a clear explanation of the theory could not fail both to please and to instruct many who have been puzzled by the conflicting opinions they have read...
...world that she cannot find time to attend to the manners and morals of her children; and the natural consequence is that some of these children fall into the very objectionable practice of eating with their knives, while others, of a more vicious if more elegant temperament, indulge in various excesses of behavior and language which cannot command the approval of sober-minded men. At the same time, there is a good side to all this. Every man must sooner or later learn to take care of himself; and nowadays most men come to college at an age when this...
NOTHING has been done this week by the Seniors towards arranging their differences and filling the vacancies in the list of officers. We understand that the various portions of the class are to confer early next week and endeavor to agree upon something satisfactory to every one. We have sufficient faith in the good sense of the Seniors to believe that it is possible for them to come to an understanding that will relieve them from their difficulties and will enable us to see, next June, a brilliant and satisfactory Class...
...discover the guilty parties is not known, but one thing is sure. Whatever steps the governing body might take against the thoughtless perpetrators of this boyish mischief would be sure to be unpopular among the great body of the students. Harsh measures, as has been well shown on various occasions, only stir up ill-feeling between the ruling and the ruled. At the same time, wanton destruction of property is in fact condemned by the public opinion of the majority of the undergraduates; and if certain notions of etiquette did not seal the lips of many, this public opinion would...