Word: may
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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YOUR last issue contained a letter signed "'81," the object of which was to promulgate the existence of a Freshman Glee Club. As a Freshman myself I may say that, while the idea embodied in the correspondence is one that should meet generally with favor, yet the manner in which that idea was set forth is exceedingly distasteful to a large number of Freshmen. We have no desire to compare ourselves yet with the Junior class, and any attempt to do so is certainly ridiculous in the extreme...
...expense which the Association has incurred in repairing the damages done by the scratching of matches is of course a matter of no consideration; but the thinking man may reflect on the possibility of having to light his cigarette in the wind and storm if he can find nothing to supply the necessary friction except the vestibule walls of Memorial...
THOSE students who have looked forward to a sort of paradise in the way of recitation-rooms next winter will probably find themselves disappointed. Under the conditions of the bequest of Mrs. Sever the executors of her will may defer payment for one year, and circumstances have rendered it probable that such action will be taken; although it is hoped that some arrangement may be made whereby the College may come at once into the possession of the property. The new hall will stand probably on a line with Boylston, and will occupy the place once set apart...
...another column that some examinations have been put down for the afternoon. Last year great dissatisfaction with this practice was expressed by the students, who complained that the afternoon was a time decidedly unfavorable for such severe work as a three-hour examination. We hope that some way may be found whereby all the examinations may take place in the morning...
Freshmen, particularly, are requested to come forward in whatever contest they may be able; and here it is well enough to repeat, for their benefit, the rules of the Association with regard to entering these or any other meetings of the Association. The Athletic Association is open to all members of the University on payment of the initiation fee ($2.25, including shingle). No one who is not a member will be allowed to enter in any contest whatever, nor will any one be permitted inside the Gymnasium during the contests, without first having become a member...