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...take pleasure in congratulating the management of the nine on its energy in taking the initiatory steps so early in the season. It argues well for the success of our nine, and, although games may have to be abolished, there is no one who will not deem this step wise, if it is done in the interest of the 'Varsity team...
...above quotation forms a part of a general attack upon Harvard life, especially its tendency to lay great stress upon athletic contests. Much as we deem the writer of the article egregiously ignorant about our affairs, there can be no doubt that Harvard is not exempt from the evils which always beset a large body of society-composed entirely of men, but that is no particular fault of ours. What can be laid at our door is a certain triviality in dealing with affairs, and a provinciality in regard to the outside world, but great as has been the misfortune...
...week after vacation might seem to be a sufficient proof of how little regard is had by the men for the actual dates of the Christmas recess. But it seems that the faculty gets a grim satisfaction by worrying the consciences of those men who spend what we deem a perfectly legitimate holiday at home. What systematic and persistent complaint can do we have tried to do, but there are those whom not even the fates can move...
...deem the best preparation to be an apprenticeship in a well-arranged library; but it is not easy to find such opportunities. The oversight and introduction of new people in a library is a disadvantage to that library, as interfering with its work, which few head librarians are willing to encounter unless it is necessary to recruit the library staff. Hence a special department has been instituted at Columbia College in New York, called the school of "Library Economy" which is under the direction of Melville Dewey, the secretary of the American Library Association. They have teachers specially provided...
...Still, under these adverse circumstances a team has been collected which we hope will be able to run up a score against Wesleyan which will compare favorably to that made by Princeton last week, 69 to 0. In order to encourage the team as much as possible, everyone should deem it his duty to be on the field today to cheer the team on to a decisive victory...