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...that body and we are now once more in doubt as to the final result. We think that, instead of waiting for something to turn up at which it is possible to strike, the students should themselves take the initiative. It is they who know best what they want, and if they wish the faculty to enact rules which they can heartily support, they ought to let that body know what these wants are. Some action should be taken, either by the athletic organizations, as heretofore, or a general discussion of the subject should be encouraged. We think that action...
...HERALD-CRIMSON. -Having just been compelled to wade through the yard of this noble college, I am full of wrath at the mismanagement which allows such sidewalks as we have. Every man in college has had the same experience for the last two weeks of rainy weather. What we want and must have, is better sidewalks in the yard. The stone walk from Grays to Holworthy, in front of Weld and University, is a disgrace to any civilized community...
...superintendent of the yard. Why does not this college superintendent do something to remedy matters? No doubt the old excuse of "no funds" will be raised. Well, if Harvard can't afford decent sidewalks, it better shut down at once. Many other complaints are rife among the students. We want the library lighted by electricity; we want better lights and more of them in the yard, the doorways, and the entries; we want to know what the faculty are going to do about the resolutions on athletics; we want no recitations on legal holidays. This inactivity, this silence...
Lastly, we want to see something done immediately to remedy the horrible condition of the sidewalks. Now for a grand brace...
There is not a professor in Harvard College who gets a larger salary than $5,000 a year. I want to say this in New York, where, if anywhere in the world, people understand how much and how little can be bought with $5,000 a year. There is but one professor in the service of the college who receives $5,000 a year, and the men who are at the head of our mathematical department, our classical department, modern language department and our scientific departments do not receive a salary of more than $4,000. These are facts that...