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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...other years cannot be too often remarked upon. The mere fact that there are between forty and fifty men now in training, besides the members of the University Crew, conclusively proves that we have not yet lost all interest in rowing, and also shows that class crews arouse a much more active competition than the old club system ever did or could. The reason for this is obvious, and, apart from the raising of our standard in rowing itself, we ought to congratulate ourselves that any scheme for reviving class feeling has been put on a substantial footing...
...nearly full, - a most encouraging fact when we consider how little effort was made to bring it to public notice. If the recital had been widely announced by posters so placed as to generally inform the students and the Cambridge public of its occurrence, we are confident that a much larger hall could have been easily filled. We will venture to say that even Sanders Theatre would not present many empty floor seats at a free recital given by a musician of Professor Paine's eminence. We regard it as the duty of Mr. Paine, the representative musician...
...Growler,' said he, 'I have been much pleased with your recitations...
...effort for good scholarship, and to reward men who are, it is said, unjustly deprived of reward. The effect in the first respect will be, on the contrary, to diminish the total amount of true scholarship among the students. The value of honours under the new plan will be much less than that of the present ones. The very value of graduating honours at present is that there is a general interest as to who obtains them; there will be much less interest taken in a list embracing a large proportion of the class, - it will rouse as much excitement...
...students, who may be divided into three classes. The first, those who already get Commencement parts or Final Honours, will have less instigation, for the worth of a part will certainly be greatly diminished. Those who now do not stand well at all in any subject will not be much affected by "honourable mention"; if desire for knowledge, a position on the rank-list, etc., will not lead a man to study at all, it is not likely that the prospect of being "mentioned" will spur him on to exertion...