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...officials, but the students themselves, were sharply on the watch for violations of privilege, and would do their utmost to trace all concealed books to the responsible parties, the number of offenses could not but be diminished. Perhaps, though, it would be too much to hope that any one culprit could be convicted and made a discouraging example to such as might without it have continued in their evil ways...
...either a very remarkable coincidence or else it was a deliberate abuse of the privileges of the library on the part of some student for his own personal benefit. That it was the latter is almost certain. We do not know who did this; probable nobody but the culprit knows. We can only let the man, whoever he is, know in this public way that his action is unworthy of a Harvard man; more specific criticism must come from his own conscience...
Some person at the Polytechnic Institute, of Troy, N. Y., presumably a member of '91, defaced the freshly cleaned and repaired ceiling of the topographical drawing room with the number of that class. The director attempted, by questioning, to discover the culprit, but each member of the class, with but few exceptions, refused to state whether or not he was the guilty person. The matter was brought before the faculty and it was recommended that the class be suspended for one week, but no decision has as yet been reached...
...arrest of the thief in the gymnasium on Monday afternoon was made through the energy and perseverance of the gymnasium employees, who took the culprit in the act. Great praise is awarded to them for the zeal and honest endeavor which they have shown in the matter...
...prayer petition, he said, used to be circulated every year as it is now, although with perhaps not quite so much vigor. The discipline for non-attendance at prayers was very severe, and the culprit took a prominent position in the displeasure of the faculty. The narrator got excused early in his freshman year as he lived out of prayer limits. Soon after he moved up under the shadow of Appleton and dwelt there a year before the validity of his excuse was questioned. He was then summoned by the president and later called before a full meeting...