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...arrangements for an athletic meeting to be held late in the spring. The association is governed by a board of directors consisting of three delegates from each school, together with a Harvard undergraduate. A cup to be contested for has been offered by Harvard men whose purpose is to heighten the standard of athletics at the preparatory schools by means of competitive athletic meetings. It has not yet been decided of how many schools the association will consist, but it is probable that the principal preparatory schools in New England will be represented. The effect of these competitive athletic meetings...
...undertake the exhibition, and secured Professor White's recitation room in Sever as an exhibition room. The society is to be congratulated upon the opportunity which is thus afforded it for a successful presentation. There is, perhaps, no room in the Harvard buildings which is so well fitted to heighten the effect of the exhibit. The great taste which has been displayed in the finish of the room will here serve a double purpose. While the exhibit might appear stiff and unartistic without some accessaries as a relief, Professor White's room in its classic statuary and richly colored walls...
...impress upon one with a club and a choice vocabulary of oaths. No rhetoric is taught the pupils; indeed they are taught that "silence is golden" in every case, excepting when a delicate musical effect is to be produced. Then loud whispering and giggling is firmly insisted on, to heighten the impression. Applications for admission are received at the stage door of the theatre. The fee for instruction is merely nominal. The only requirement is to pass the Cerberus who guards the sacred threshold. "Come early...
...ought to be corrected would be a mere truism. Of this we may be sure, that in the long run hard work will tell against liberal advantages. Harvard men are now judged in the outside world by their catalogue and list of electives; and their agreeable manners serve to heighten the favorable impression. But in time the artificiality and unfitness for real life of most Harvard men will be discovered by all, as it has been discovered by the gentleman of whom I have spoken. For the credit of our Alma Mater, therefore, may we show more respect for "digs...