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...past, Harvard opposed a manful conservative front to the spirit of innovation. There are, however, indications at present that despite the free dispensation of a priori philosophy and the absolute exclusion of any teachings infected by the influence of Spenser and Mill, the subtle essence of Iconoclasm pervades her walls...
...send better ones than these. "And, after all, it is strange that Harvard should wish to row again with Yale alone, against whom she has made so many charges of foul play and ungentlemanly conduct"; and this argument under other circumstances would really have some weight, but at present it is useless. It is expected that Princeton's captain, who wishes to withdraw, will succeed in persuading his college to join Harvard, and it is possible that there may be one other college, Columbia; and, in the second place, no one can deny that a different spirit is coming over...
...editorial in a Magenta a few weeks after the formation of the plan of the present Dining Association, an attempt was made to give a reason why so few students - at that time only a hundred - had applied for seats in the Hall. This was attributed to a doubt on the part of students as to whether four dollars a week was a price that would insure good fare, and the suggestion was made that extra dishes should be supplied to those who were willing to pay for them. Four dollars was fixed as the minimum, with the idea that...
...action of the Faculty in requiring, under certain circumstances, a fee from men who present themselves a third time for examination on any subject is a move in an entirely new direction. We take it that the idea was not so much to bring men to get off their conditions on the first trial as to give some recompense to the tutor, whose work is increased by their carelessness or stupidity. If more such measures were introduced, if a system of fines should be substituted in part for the system of censure-marks, we believe that the result would give...
...food at Memorial has lately grown steadily worse and worse; at present it is nearly unbearable, and as "man cannot live by bread alone" he must either leave Commons or cease to live. The late dinners have proved very popular, and during October the fare was passable, but it is now so wretched that some change is needed, and the sooner it is made the better. We refer our readers to a very carefully written article on this subject, and we fully agree with the sentiments it expresses...