Word: press
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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During the past few years the college press has teemed with complaints about the condition of the atmosphere in recitation rooms; men have been packed to suffocation in some of the smaller rooms, the large sections in some courses making this in many instances unavoidable, but often the complaints were of a valid character and as such required due consideration. Formerly it took many such complaints to remedy cases of this kind, but we observe with pleasure, as an instance of the better attention student wants are meeting this year, that one of the larger and most popular courses...
...past year, the Polo Club has had a quiet and uneventful career, serving no purpose, apparently save that of affording amusement to its own members, and furnishing the college press with an occasional paragraph. Last year, it is true, the announcement that the Yale Polo Club was on the point of sending a challenge to Cambridge caused some attention to be directed to our own organization, yet the interest was changed to amusement when it was found that Yale purposed to mount her team on roller skates. This year, however, the polo players have done something really worthy of note...
...edition of Lowells "Biglow Papers" has appeared from the Riverside Press...
...following is from the first issue of the Williams Fortnight: "The pros and cons of this question have been thoroughly discussed both by the college press and the outside world, and the general verdict is that compulsory chapel must go. A student can gain no spiritual advantage from attendance at a service against his will, and he is, moreover, provided he has reached his majority, better qualified to judge concerning such a matter, than the faculty. Leaving out the question as to spiritual benefit, the compulsory attendance at prayers cannot train a man to be more punctual than the necessity...
...papers bearing the same questions it would seem the most natural way for the men to get possession of the paper before the examination. This, unfortunately, is seldom if ever practicable. The printing is watched with the most jealous care, and as soon as the papers come from the press they are safely placed under lock and key, where the wicked student has no hope of effecting an entrance. Knowing that to obtain a copy of the paper is not practicable, the ingenious young man, whose conscience and knowledge are both at a low ebb, prepares himself for the battle...