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...exist. The reasons for this have often been discussed, and do not again need to be rehearsed; that they are insufficient is now admitted in certain high quarters where the admission would have been impossible not so many years ago. For a long time even Harvard seemed disposed to cling too tenaciously to the classical system of education, or, at least, in recognizing the value of greater breadth, to place English much further down in the scale of (merit than it deserved. But with certain changes which have been made in the establishment of honors in English...
...Annex, Mrs. Caroline Howard Gilman, the widow of the Rev. Samuel Gilman, has presented to this room a picture of her husband, under which is written his own verses. The "Fair Harvard" is one of the favorite recitation rooms in the Annex, and its appropriate name will undoubtedly cling...
...seconds in the 100 yards, without a flying-start, though many cracks, including our own Baker, are said to have done it in nine and a fraction. The following American amateur records, taken from Spirit's revised list, shows what we are coming to and what we probably shall cling to for some time...
...feels it to be his duty to the University and to himself to avail himself of those advantages which at his own request have been placed before him for his choice or refusal. But Harvard is no longer a college. Why then should the spirit of a college still cling to her? Why should only the members of the college proper be called upon to attend Chapel. Every member of the University, irrespective of his school and of his residence, ought to feel at perfect liberty to attend Chapel and join in a worship which Dr. Hale declares, for form...
...dark crimson, thickly knit jersey with a white "H," a canvas jacket, crimson stockings and belt, and breeches of thick mole-skin of a creamy white. These are the features of the uniform. They have a thick hair mattress padding on each knee and each hip, and cling close to the leg just below the knee. The uniforms altogether present a good appearance, although they are now a little too clean...