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...dislike to light which is one of the characteristics of the college buildings, shown elsewhere in the case of that gymnasium lamp and also the lamp at Memorial. To return from the theatre or a call in Boston after the fatal hour of eleven, and be obliged to grope one's way up stairs, does not leave one in a comfortable state of mind,-or of body, for that matter, as the latter often comes in contact with the walls and balustrades. Bad as this custom is under ordinary circumstances, how much worse it would be in cases of fire...
...useful thing for the college papers to maintain their traditional custom of annually discussing the evils of compulsory attendance at chapel. A fervent faith can doubtless see in the dim future the final realization of all our hopes in this matter, and therefore those of us who blindly grope, and have almost despaired of any such millennium, should without doubt do their utmost for the final abolition of these evil regulations by means of continual protest and energetic petition. The thought that a distant posterity will profit by our exertions, can fill us with a melancholy satisfaction...
BEREFT of sight, I grope along...
...trees. At one side stands a low wooden building into which one after another the students disappear, and emerge again with a large glass of beer, accompanied by a huge piece of bread and cheese. There are no Kellner, and each one has to go into the cellar, and grope his way in the darkness to the enormous vat, where a man stands ready to fill his glass and receive the four kreutzers in return. After a goodly number of visits to the vat the party begin to indulge in loud singing and talking, much to your amusement...
...matter of dark entries is becoming serious, and demands the attention of the College authorities. Now, when it becomes dark so early, the dormitory entries need lights much earlier; yet we are left to grope and stumble through them till long after every breakneck combination of circumstances has been repeatedly stumbled over, and profanity has become fashionable. We look for a change for the better in this matter, and trust that it will not have to be effected through the College circumlocution office...