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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harper's Monthly is responsible for the follwing account of an old custom at Trinity College on class day, known as the "Presentation of the Lemon Squeezer." "This custom, it need hardly be said, is peculiar to Trinity, and, as the 'Lemon Squeezer' of class day is something not met with in every day life, a word of description is pertinent. It is a plain piece of mechanism, devoid of much ornamentation. It is revered and prized, not so much for its intrinsic value as for the memories which cluster around it, and are, upon auspicious occasions, squeezed...
...there go up from old Holmes a shout which will show that Harvard "spirit" is not yet dead. But one word,- let not a sound escape at an opponent's error, but let there be applause for good plays on either side. This will be done; there is no need of our giving such gratuitious warning, for Harvard is famed for her generous treatment of visiting clubs...
...correspondent this morning, that the band discourse "sweet music" before and after the game is an excellent one, and we hope that it will be carried out. There is, to be sure, little time for preparation, but all the college wants is the good old. tunes which need no rehearsing. "Yale men say" would be more acceptable than any piece of the finest technique. If it is thought best to have any celebrations in the yard, be sure that it is conflned within reasonable limits. Remember that a new scheme of student government is now on trial at Harvard...
...reach a high grade upon the rank list, and yet sees the minutes hurrying by without bringing a commensurate amount of reduction in the unanswered portion of the paper before him. Why it should be that instructors' wish a hastily written and necessarily inaccurate list of answers to a need-lessly long list of questions is one of the unaccountable features of Harvard student-life...
...braced up and improvement has been steady. The bad fault of rushing the slide in coming forward has been to a great extent over-come; but more improvement in this particular is necessary. The slump at the finish has been partly overcome, though some of the men, especially 3, need to pay strict attention to this point. The time is still poor, and the crew as a whole rows short. The men (except bow and stroke) still swing back too far, and when they get back they jerk in their hands badly instead of flnishing smoothly. This failure...