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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...kind of a satisfactory test examination. It is true that instructors are often dilatory in holding examinations and in returning the results - even when there is a fixed time for it - and the earlier the examinations are set the quicker the returns are obtained. But nevertheless, considering the little progress made in most courses at this time, it seems to be more advantageous to have these fall examinations at a later date...
...minds of the Harvard men with unpleasant thoughts of what may be if a halt is not made immediately and measures taken to see that, from now on, this unreliable changeable sort of work is put an end to, and that the team begins to make some steady, effective progress. The blame of Saturday's game cannot be laid on the shoulders of any one or two men. The whole team is responsible for it. The college can overlook one such exhibition, but others like it would be more than unfortunate; they might even be disastrous in turning college sentiment...
People must come to see that marriage is something more than a temporary compact between two people: they must realize that it is, through the family, the unit of civilization and the basis of lasting progress, and that the struggle between marriage and divorce is really the struggle of a social self, which leads to universal well-being, against a selfish self, which leads to chaos...
...graduate "to give an honest and fearless expression of his individual opinion." Such a magazine as this has long been wanted and we feel that it will bring many advantages. It will serve to graduates to keep alive their interest in the college, to follow its changes and its progress and give them a chance to compare and to criticise the various changes which the college is making from year to year...
...would be impossible for the University to express in any adequate terms, its hearty appreciation of the sacrifice which Mr. Keyes has made, in leaving his business, to go to New London, and coach the crew. Coming at a time when competent coaching is so essential to the progress and final development of a strong crew, it is all the more welcome because unexpected...