Word: evening
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Just before the examination-books are called in, take time to revise and correct what you have written, even though you have not finished the paper...
...lack of interest manifested by the students with regard to the work of the 'varsity crew has increased greatly of late. To be sure, it was bad enough when the crew first went upon the water this spring, but even then sometimes half-a-dozen fellows did manage to straggle down to the boat house during the course of an afternoon, but now it is a rarity to see a solitary person there who is not in some way connected with the crew. There is not a college in the country which offers better facilities for seeing the crew while...
...cannot understand how any man of average intelligence can believe that a committee of such men as the students would elect could be made to do "police duty," even if the faculty so desired. And he must have a poor opinion indeed of human nature in general and of the faculty of Harvard College in particular, who can believe that they desire such a thing...
Prof. James admirably expresses the effect of the college atmosphere on a man who has the courage of his convictions. He is made to feel that enthusiasm on any subject or criticism of even the most disgraceful conduct is "fresh" or "bad form." The effect of this is, of course, to discourage genuineness of character and independence of thought on just such vital questions as that now before the students...
...first possibility could be done away with, by placing the canvas pretty well up in the air; and the second could be neutralized by putting the posts pretty far apart, and also by judiciously setting them where they would offer the least inconvenience, and that to the smallest number. Even if a few people were bothered by it, that would surely be better than putting three thousand people to the torture for three hours, as was done in Monday's game...