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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...self-respect demands that they leave an institution which cannot enforce upon its members the behavior which characterizes gentlemen. It becomes merely a stubborn contest between those who believe that Harvard men should in all cases and under all circumstances, behave like gentlemen and those who doubt this and express their doubt by their actions. In such a contest, we regret to say, the latter seem at present to have the advantage, but we hope that the action of the management backed by the good sense of the students will soon put down this practice which has already attracted...
...relatives of the late Professor Phelps of Smith College, Northampton, express their intention of giving his library as a memorial to the college and measures have been taken by the alumni to obtain a portrait to go with...
...repeat that we think that no one need be in the least discouraged by Saturday's game, but on the contrary they should feel very great confidence in the team of 1883, and express it in a substantial manner both by their presence at practice and by subscribing liberally to the funds of the Foot-Ball Association...
...Harvard Union is the only society in college which is distinctively a debating society and nowhere else at Harvard can a knowledge of parliamentary rules of procedure be obtained from experience. No course, prescribed or elective, offers to the student such an opportunity to express his views in debate upon the important questions...
...unnecessary for the HERALD to indulge in extended comment upon the victory of the Harvard crew over Yale at New London. The victory was one which speaks for itself, and is, all things considered, unprecedented in the history of Harvard boating. The college has already expressed its pride in its victorious crew, and will undoubtedly take occasion to still further express its delight in the performance in the near future. The victory practically gives Harvard the precedence over Yale in athletic sports for the year to come. So crushing a defeat can hardly be retrieved in less time, even...