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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...management the fare has been so improved that it is a pity that anyone who desires to avail himself of these advantages, so admirable in every way, should not be able to do so. The subject of expense at Harvard has been accepted, and with good reason, during the past few months, but while much depends on the students themselves, there are other circumstances wholly beyond student control, which tend to aggravate the evil. One is the lack of proper dormitories, the other, a cause which has always been felt, the impossibility of getting good food at low prices...
...closing address was made by Rev. Phillips Brooks: "There are two influences at work for the future as in the past, our principles, which like everything else are most powerful when most pure, and our personal qualities. These personal qualities must be brought out to do their utmost, this is education. In history, there have always been those who spread faith and those who purified it. We purify it by casting out what was foreign to it, compulsion. Our appeals mast be to your humanity, not so much to your student nature. The quantity of religion...
Within the past few days the college campus has begun to assume activity, and the burning of midnight oil has been resumed by some of the young men, who, in consequence of too great economy in that direction last term, experienced conditions at the time of annual examinations. The students are returning very fast, and are putting their rooms in order for the coming year's work, which practically began September 27. There are cordial greetings and tales of pleasant summer experiences, with an occasional side remark about the glorious result of the boat race at New London...
...college next year in either the law or post-graduate department, but whether they will take part in their respective athletic specialties is not yet known. The election of John Rodger's, Jr., to the captaincy of the crew meets with general favor, and, having been in the past a faithful and conscientious worker, he is confidently expected to see that his men train in a thorough manner...
...athletic field, with his corps of men ready for action. Boyne, formerly of '87, has been in town for several days, and will coach the foot-ball team. Hazing, which formed a never failing source of amusement to the upper classes, is becoming a thing of the past, and will undoubtedly be laid away on the shelf with the bully club, presented to the college last commencement...