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...communications which we have sincereceived, and which must necessarily fail to be printed from lack of space, we are informed that our editorial opinions do not meet the approbation of the gentlemen with whose correspondence we are honored. We are told that the abolition of chapel will tend to diminish the spiritual and material welfare of the college, and that, as a unit, our students are not in favor of the change. Moreover, we are taken to task for handling our correspondent's letter too severally. We are told that our claims to age and experience are not sufficient...
...vicinity of Memorial, where the scattering of myriad bits of paper in and outside of the transept produces an effect so untidy? Let Cambridge tradesmen confine their efforts to obtain customers to some more agreeable method and they will doubtless find that the patronage of the students will not diminish from the want of hand bill fare...
President Porter of Yale says: "As far as Yale is concerned athletics are doing well. They do not divert the interest of the student, nor do they diminish the zeal for culture as a whole. The student is improved by the slight diversion of attention which they afford...
...recent Yale alumni dinner President Porter said: "As far as Yale is concerned athletics are doing well; they do not divert the interest of the students nor do they diminish the zeal for culture as a whole. The tone of the students is improved by the slight diversion of attention which they cause. I take the liberty of explaining why we are reticent in making arrangements in regard to athletics with the other colleges. It is the result of long experience. The question has been talked over more than ten years, and upon it President Eliot and myself have bestowed...
...accepted by all the colleges in the association and those who do not accept them will have the right to retain the organization as at present constituted. This will necessitate the surrendering of the valuable championship cup, which has been held by Harvard for several years past, and will diminish or destroy our chance for its final possession. There are a number of other lesser sports which will be interfered with in a corresponding degree, as can easily be seen from what has already been said...