Word: matter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...above challenge was received by the captain of the Freshman crew about a week ago. The matter is under consideration...
...purely literary character might prove a great blessing in lessening the power of some of the evils which beset second-year students; but whether any such society could be put upon a foundation which would secure to it inviolably devotion to the principles which gave it birth, is a matter of extreme doubt. There is not in college today a literary organization until well into the junior year. If a sophomore forerunner were established it might give the eminence not to the most deserving, but to those who have been most forward with their talents-something which is not likely...
...strong as to exclude men of literary ability for the sake of personal friends. A society of this kind could not fail to be successful, and would be a great addition to our college life. If the suggestion seems good, will not the upper classmen interest themselves in the matter...
...glare arising from the jets are such as to compel any one who consults his own comfort to hold a book before him or something of the sort to keep the light from his face. This evil could be easily reme died if the college authorities would take the matter in hand and put globes about the jets. Another source of annoyance, accompanied often with a cold, are the draughts which come from the windows in the gallery. When these are left open, cold currents of air rush in on the unprotected backs of unfortunate listeners. The third subject needing...
...signs himself "Undergraduate" has a little exceeded his authority in writing such a communication as that which appeared in yesterday's CRIMSON. The writer, who is probably a freshman, should learn to respect the opinions of those who are older and better than himself. Harvard-or, for the matter of that, any college-can not afford to slight such opinions of her graduates, especially as the communication of "Graduate," who evidently has the athletic welfare of his alma mater at heart, was only a mild criticism and suggestion. Such criticisms can do no harm, and very often do much good...