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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...made manifest, except now and then, in the case of some newly-made Bachelor of Arts, who in that youthful exuberance incident to his acquiring a sheepskin, lost control of his appetite and his legs Such exhibitions have been exceedingly rare, however, and they have been frowned upon as often as they have occurred. The abolition of the graduating class punch will doubtless remove this slight blemish, however, and so the festival will be marked by no unseemly exhibitions on the college green. Apart from the regular graduating exercises, commencement day has always been devoted to the renewal...
...routine of commencement, and by the students themselves, is the abolishment of the custom on this anniversary of opening the dormitories in Holworthy, Hollis and Stoughton halls to the entertainment and refreshment of visiting graduates. The familiar class placards at the windows facing the quadrangle, as magnets for the often too susceptible returning prodigal, will no more be seen. It is claimed, and with a good deal of truth, that the frequent uproarious scenes in and about the yard on the afternoon and evening of commencement day are mostly attributable to over-indulgence in the alluring spreads that are provided...
...questions involved in the use of "ponies" or litteral translations in the study of any language, are by no means easy to answer. With characteristic liberality, their use is often tolerated and even commended by many of the professors at Harvard. Indeed, when the object of a course is mainly literary and aims less at mere mental drill, it is difficult to see what objection can be urged to their use, and why their use does not result, on the whole, in a saving of time and labor. The traditional college training, with its strict academical customs, of course...
...evils of speculation have been so often discussed as to need no further comment from us. It is for the interest not only of the graduating class, but also of the undergraduates, who will in their turn profit by the successful establishment of a good precedent, to make 83's class day as perfect as possible. We rely, therefore, on their hearty co-operation in our efforts to restrict tickets to seniors and their friends...
...from the recitation and lecture rooms at any price. The lodging houses in which rooms can be obtained at all are in general cheap wooden structures of ancient date, low studded, small and dingy; and yet the rent of a fifteen-foot room in one of these structures is often as much as a whole house of similar pattern would let for anywhere else in the suburbs...