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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...AMONG the "Brevities" in the last Crimson was a copy of the Postal Cards sent to the Senior Class by Notman, in which you seemed to object to a part of the wording by putting it in Italics. It is but fair to Mr. Notman to say, that the objectionable features in this card were put in solely from ignorance of the feelings of the class, and not from any egotistical idea on his part. He would have been happy to word the notice in any way acceptable to the majority, and it was therefore unwise on his part...
...past year would be but to say, what we have already said, that either sloth or devotion to higher pursuits has taken away large numbers of the devotees of the race-course. The club races and the athletic sports have been universally acknowledged "fizzles." But while the contests among ourselves have not reflected as much credit upon us as usual, we seem more likely this year to carry away laurels from the contests before us with other colleges, than last year. Our Nine has already covered itself with glory, and has not yet been stopped in its victorious career. Success...
...result of the shameful scramble and struggle for academic distinction here, and of the desire to rush through college so as to be "out in the world," as the phrase is, there is prevalent among us a lamentable lack of knowledge of the topography and history of spots neighboring to Cambridge. Though hardly aware of it, almost every step we take in this vicinity is on hallowed ground; nor can we cross Cambridge bridge to the Athens of to-day, without walking streets which are as rich in historic associations and priceless traditions of virtue as any old burgh...
...mind, one of the most delightful institutions of the Attic republic was that which permitted the people to banish from among them, from time to time, the men of whom they had grown tired. The delight that an old Greek must have felt at seeing some disagreeable fellow, who had outstripped him in military or political life, or who had neglected to invite him to select little dinner-parties, packed off, bag and baggage, for parts unknown, must have been one of the most unalloyed sentiments that ever filled the human heart; and I often find myself lost in envy...
...improve the relations which exist between students and professors, and to increase the feelings of confidence which each body should have in the other. The request in regard to proctors was apparently not granted, the Faculty thereby signifying their disbelief in the existence of a feeling of honor among the members of the art elective sufficient to justify the confidence which the instructor placed in them...