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...reader or lecturer, and draws away the attention of the audience? A constant stream of men coming late often mars the first fifteen or twenty minutes of these public meetings in Sever 11, for the hard floors and wooden chairs of that lecture room do not permit the late comer to take his seat in silence, unnoticed. Prompt attendance at a lecture is under any circumstances but a proper courtesy to show the speaker, and in Sever 11 a necessity...
Assuming then, not the braving of young Lochinvar, but that of a bookagent, one may reach the entrance of the building in safety; and, if by some freak of fortune the name of the new comer corresponds with a name on the list-that is kept for ready reference in the office of the faculty-he is admitted...
...withdraw. In many places his coming and going receive no attention unless he be advanced in age, or particularly esteemed. Signs of respect are then shown either by rising and bowing or by the customary marks of applause. The students at lectures are quiet and attentive, and the late comer or the uneasy auditor is hissed. The benches are scratched and carved as academic benches are, the world over. In the halls of the Berlin University smoking is forbidden, but at Leipzig smokers sometimes forget to extinguish their cigars before reaching the lecture room, and light them before leaving. German...
...with pride the alacrity with which be, then a mere freshman, stepped forward and lent his and to the good work of relieving Holmes Field of its unwelcome coverlet. Many a junior, too, will remember the sudden increase in alacrity with which he surrendered his shovel to some new comer and silently became absent from the cold field after a mauvaise quarts' hear of shivering labor. Well, the field was shoveled, despite the alarming number of desertions, and the men to whose efforts this great work was due, watched the subsequent game with Yale with feelings of well deserved satisfaction...
...this practice is stopped immediately. It has been customary for the various athletic teams of the college to wear costumes which designate one particular sport. These costumes are worn by members of the teams and one else is supposed to wear them. If, however, they are sold to every comer we shall soon see half the college out playing tennis in lacrosse caps, varsity crew jerseys and football knickerbockers. We should suppose that no one would care to parade in borrowed feathers, but if men are found in college who wish to be considered as playing on teams with which...