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...give such demonstrations yearly as does Princeton and various other colleges. He was enthusiastic in his praise of Peroy. "I am pleased to find Peroy so strong," he said. "I had underrated him, especially with the sabre. He is stronger in all three weapons than the men in New York who specialize in one. He is a good man, and should do much for the sport at Harvard...
Work on the new building appears to be progressing. During the day there has been time for a bit of natural enough scouting around and he has not been idle at night. Frankly, being a conscientious fellow, the Vagabond has felt it his duty to keep an eye on things. So he has done his share of watching and warding...
Harvard Juniors must within another week commit themselves definitely as to whether they do or do not wish to become part and parcel of the House Plan during their Senior year. In other words, the system which has been so deplored and so defended at Cambridge and at New Haven will now receive its first and perhaps its most vital test, that of undergraduate support or condemnation. Each junior at Cambridge must decide whether he desires to align himself with the new Harvard or prefers to complete his course under the traditional social system...
Since before many years the undergraduate at New Haven may face a similar decision the results of the room applications at Cambridge ought to be viewed with especial interest. Undergraduate opinion there has been consistently hostile to the House Plan, yet the University authorities have gone ahead with no appreciable alteration of their original plans. Now the undergraduate must either refuse to acquire an intimate knowledge of the coming Harvard or accept the usual inconveniences of living under experimental conditions. We hesitate to predict the proportion who will choose the latter course, yet undoubtedly many will acquiesce in it against...
...House Plan is in operation. After living for a week in his new quarters in the cupola of the construction shack of Lowell House the Vagabond officially lays claim to the distinction of "first settler", and offers his less informed readers a report on the actual living conditions in one of the new houses...