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...Harvard is in decadence, temporary of course, in almost all athletics. Can our freshmen afford thus to let the stigma of cowardice be cast upon them by refusing Yale admission into this race, when Columbia has set the example of her willingness? They cannot. If the Thames course is wide enough, Yale should be admitted without doubt. The question, we have been told, rests with the class of '90. If they do not admit them "they do it with their eyes open to the consequences...
...race, they have again assented to the admission of Yale. It is therefore all important that '90 should look well at what it is doing in admitting Yale to the contest. First, let the freshmen remember that the Thames course is not a course adapted for three crews. Wide as the river seems, it is impossible for three crews to race upon it with equal advantages of wind and tide. One crew must suffer at best; what, then, will the case be, should the weather be such as it was last year or if other unfavorable conditions should arise...
...these series enable a person to make himself acquainted with the works of writers whom he would never otherwise find time to study at least during his college course. The good we derive from these readings if of course somewhat superficial; it could not be otherwise, when such a wide field is covered. Superficial knowledge, however, is far better, in many cases, than no knowledge...
...late and their seats are always far from the door. They are seen beyond a doubt (if they desire that), but unfortunately they are heard too. In time they reach their seats, there is a pause for a moment and then the conversation begins. The range it takes is wide: one morning the freshman crew, the glee club, the banjo club, theatres, sport in general and the triumphs of one of the speakers in society, were discussed in the compass of forty minutes. At the last topic the talkers usually stop and for the ten minutes that remain...
...publish an excerpt from a recent criticism of public speaking at Harvard, which is creating wide comment. It certainly is not difficult to account for such a criticism. It is merited and the writer has far from overstated the facts as they exist. It has long been deemed among the students a trivial matter to pursue any regular course of voice instruction and the natural result is that for several years the public speaking has been as a rule execrable. The speaking at commencement would disgrace any other college than that one which so proudly holds such matters light. When...