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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: - I think that D's criticism of section 27 of the "New Regulations" is very just. The new rule is, in my opinion, inconsistent with one of the principles underlying the elective system, - that equal excellence in every study cannot be attained by the same individual, but that some minds are so constituted that they can not pursue certain branches with success. Now this principle is recognized by the faculty elsewhere, as is evidenced by the following extract from the 1886-87 mathematical announcement; "It is unadvisable for students who have little taste or capacity for Mathematics...
...concert in Sanders Theatre last evening was fully equal to the usual good work of the Symphony Orchestra. We cannot let the opportunity pass of giving our hearty support to these performances. They are an addition to the course of study at the college, and at the same time they create a certain pleasant diversion to the monotony of the regular work. A large number of men attend them when given in Cambridge, who would never think of going into Boston, although they really enjoy the music when they are once in the hall. But, as we all know, many...
Another objection is that three eights cannot race on the Thames course with equal conditions to each. Any one who has rowed on the river cannot fail to have noticed how much the tide and wind may be of advantage or disadvantage, - as Yale found out to her cost. And though this may hardly seem possible when the width of the river is taken into consideration, it certainly is the case...
...evident and the same errors repeated in two or three successive plays. Great improvement must be made in this particular before either Harvard or Princeton are met. Such teams will be quick to follow up the advantage obtained with most disasterous results to Yale. Princeton has a rush line equal to our own if not better, so that the game with her will have to be won by the superior work of our backs. It is easy to see then, how important it is that these faults be corrected. There remains but a week and a half before Thanksgiving...
...principle objections, which all who know can tell, is that the course will not hold three boats with equal advantages...