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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...result of the practice of this theory - whether observed in national or in college politics - is not all that can be wished for. It cannot be denied that offices are frequently assigned to persons totally unfit to hold them; and while it would be folly for a student to venture to advance his opinions upon the proper government of a great nation, an expression of his theory of the proper constitution of a college class is by no means so ridiculous...
...them, prevent them from forming one great circle of friends. They cannot but separate into cliques, more or less distinct; and they cannot in four years become so completely familiar with the character of every classmate that they can unhesitatingly declare that a certain man is best fitted to hold a certain office. It is safe to say that the majority are forced to accept one of two alternatives, - to vote for a candidate with whom they are personally unacquainted, and of whose merits they know only from the testimony of others; or to back steadily the man of their...
This plan is certainly not democratic, and it may at first sight appear unjust. That many excellent men might be excluded from positions which they are fitted to hold cannot be denied; but in this, as in all political matters, the subject must be regarded in a very general way. It should be remembered that the members of every class enter college, as infants enter the world, on perfectly equal terms, and that the subsequent differences in their positions are due in a great degree to their antecedents, to their characters, and to their abilities. And, on the whole...
...past two or three months, and the Harvard Rifle Club was formally organized some weeks ago, as we announced at the time. This club has laid out a plan of work which cannot fail, if carried out in all its particulars, to develop skilful marksmen. The club will hold at least ten matches a year, - monthly matches, at which all members of the club who have rifles can compete; spring and fall matches for teams representing the different buildings as they are divided into boat-clubs; and an annual match for the championship of the club. It is hoped that...
...building fund in the Medical School has reached $134,885, $123,000 having been paid in. The proportionate number of students from without New England and the British Provinces has doubled in six years, and the proportion of students who hold literary and scientific degrees has nearly doubled. In 1872 only twenty per cent of the graduates had spent two years or more in the School, which in 1875 had increased to ninety per cent, while forty-seven per cent had been there three years...