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...Encyclopaedic writer, to whose learned dissertation on the game we have already owed our debt, does indeed make one statement to which we must venture to demur. Winchester and Harrow, he says, are "the chief exponents of the game wherein kicking alone is allowed as a means of propulsion." Eton "plays a hybrid game in two different ways, 'at the Wall' and 'in the Field,' the latter being a sort of mixture of both kinds of play." Mother Eton has been a good deal harried and mocked in these latter times, poor thing ! But surely so baseless an imputation...
...numerous complaints of it we have heard expressed on all sides, making it our duty to notice it. Many men look beyond the mere inconvenience that they consider will inevitably arise from the change; they regard it as an infringement of their rights, and as such they demur. It looks to them like employing a retainer who will perform the function not only of scout and attendant, but also of a special detective. We are reluctant to believe that this is the case, for such a system of espionage would be opposed to what we had always supposed...
...some of the undergraduates may not be familiar with Class Day traditions and etiquette, we wish to say that it is usual for the members of the lower classes to give up without demur their rooms to Seniors who may wish to spread in them. To give up one's room on Class Day is indeed a sacrifice, but, inconvenient as it is to the lower classes to be obliged to look to their friends for shelter on this day, it is much worse for Seniors who wish to spread to have their plans disarranged through the unwillingness...
...steep rent, considering the building never cost the College a cent, and the rents are all clear gain. Now, if I paid a private person $8 per week for a room in his house, I rather think that person would consent to keep the entry brilliantly illuminated without any demur. When the College lets me a room for a certain time for a fixed price, it stands in the same relation to me as a private individual, and should not be so unjust as to refuse fair demands which a private individual would gladly grant. Right and Justice...