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...Pupil Anthony Gawdy" on the subject of whether it would be cheaper to have a dressing gown made at Cambridge or at home; and the pedagogue quite agrees with her ladyship in her letter where she states : "Whether I think it were not amiss if you willed him to defer yet making up of it till his coming home, which may happily save yet which ye Taylor here made a reckoning to have had for his share...
...present on our first page a communication from the Chairman of the Faculty Committee on Athletics which we commend to the calm consideration of the university. We defer all criticism of our own until our next issue. We would say that the eleven is still in readiness to play the schedule games provided only permission is obtained...
...train on the team. They are the ones who have enthusiasm enough to support the eleven and as they do the work they should have the honor. Such an eleven might not contain the best material in college but it would make the best representative team. Do not defer picking out an eleven to wait for better men, but form one, subiect to change, from the material that offers, and if better men desire positions let them earn them by good work and good play...
...highly commended. There are many students in college who are unable or unwilling to give the amount of time required by any of the other French courses, and who do not wish to attempt to acquire a thorough knowledge of the language at Harvard, but rather choose to defer its completer acquisition to a later time. But many of these find it necessary in their other courses to obtain a working knowledge of French and ability to translate ordinary passages at sight. For the requirements of such, French V. is especially well suited. Unlike all the other French courses...
...arguments advanced in your editorial. But I would ask you to urge the proposed change, and endeavor to arouse the other college papers to a perception of the good that must arise from such a measure. Owing to a large amount of regular work, men are often compelled to defer the removal of conditions until the senior year, at which time, if a failure occurs, the unfortunate person is thrown into a most uncomfortable position. As you have hinted, the expense attendant upon extra examinations might be some hindrance to the project, but I am sure that any one would...