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First, the exercises have been spread over too great a part of the day. The afternoon and evening give plenty of time for the whole programme. The function of host is a difficult one at best, especially to students who have had but little practice. It would be wise, therefore, to make the burden of entertainment as light as possible by bringing the exercises into the latter half of the day. This change would cause the good things of the day to occur in such rapid succession that no visitor would have time to grow weary. Furthermore, ladies...
...Freshman's whole trip will be one triumphal journey, which will culminate only when he alights from his carriage to fall into the arms of those goddesses, his sisters. Such a welcome! Why, there will have been nothing like it since Orpheus was torn to pieces by those Thracian ladies, long ago. You shall hear him say at dinner that he went to the punch just to look on. On the same evening he will tell the boys that he was full of Bacchus; and then he will wake the midnight echoes of the quiet old town, to show them...
...before he enters the recitation-room. Another danger which awaits the unfortunate who must enter University descends from above. We refer to the masses of ice and snow which, in ordinary winters, drop from the roof on to the steps, - masses heavy enough to crush the skulls of the whole Freshman class. If the College will place an additional railing on the edge of the roof over the doors, a danger which threatens many valuable lives may easily be removed...
...Columbia Spectator contains an article on "College Morality": we give one or two short extracts from which to judge of the whole...
...used by the Freshmen. Captain North has two eights in training. His men row six or seven hundred strokes daily, and run about two miles. Several of the Freshmen are well built for rowing, and promise to make good men for the University; and the candidates are, as a whole, equal to the average Freshmen crew. Messrs. Schwartz and Crocker of last year's 'Varsity are coaching them with marked success. Mr. Schwartz in particular gives surprising evidence of a decided talent for coaching, the benefit of which we trust the 'Varsity may also enjoy. The Columbia and Yale Freshmen...