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...gentleman who took by mistake the wrong umbrella from Sever 6, last Monday, will oblige the owner by returning it to that room as soon as possible...
...manner which he deems wisest. I believe a man entering college is capable to make his choice of electives, and a great many men often discuss the matter over with friends and teachers before entering. To give up optional studies is going just one step in the wrong direction, and is almost sure to meet with failure. Harvard has adopted an extensive elective system and its success is already assured. The men who graduate under it are fully equal to those who were obliged to follow only prescribed courses. I am not as certain as is one of the speakers...
...towards those of mind;" but it is a mistake to suppose that Harvard men have no pride in intellectual attainments. The outside world seems to think that Harvard men are afflicted at heart with an indifference about all that is serious. But this conception of our character is decidedly wrong. While there is, and we may almost say, always has been, a certain indifference in the Harvard character, yet it should be noted that that indifference is far more apparent than real. Harvard men have opinions and feelings, and are quite capable of being enthusiastic on something besides athletics...
...harm than for his good. Many say that in themselves athletics are all very well, but why so much attention and enthusiasm? Without the attention and the enthusiasm, there could hardly be any athletics. The student does right in giving some thought and interest to athletics. The wrong is where he gives no thought and interest to more important matters, - a mistake which very few men even approach to making. The supposition that Harvard and Yale, for example, cannot meet each other in athletic contest and be at the same time institutions of learning, of serious thought and intellectual study...
...recommend all college societies to leave their addresses at the Post Office. A case has come to our notice, in which serious consequences resulted from the fact that important letters were delivered at the wrong place. The chief officers of all college organizations will do well to see that the post-office authorities are specially informed as to where letters and other mail matter are to be delivered. This suggestion, if carried out, will be of value to the management at the Post Office, and may save the college societies serious inconvenience...