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...authorities of Harvard College in the matter, and as such deserves the widest circulation, we present it in full below. We still hold that the antithesis spoken of is unduly emphasized and need not necessarily exist, in spite of the Spirit's arguments to the contrary. But to prolong this controversy seems to us at present unprofitable. We need only further remark that we consider the Spirit's dismal prophecy of a "conflict" between faculty and students as unwarranted. The article reads...
...cases, in language courses, when enough translation is required to take two hours, besides questions that cannot be satisfactorily answered in an hour and a half, have occurred as usual; and it is a curious fact that these long papers are almost always given by those instructors who habitually prolong their recitations beyond the hour allotted to them. A fair paper seems to be one that the fastest writers can answer in less than three hours, and one in which the important questions are placed first, if the order of a paper means any thing. Where full answers are wished...
While birds their wild, sweet notes prolong...
...fears a race with the losers would be unsatisfactory to Harvard. It may seem to some unfair that we should be deprived of an opportunity to retrieve our loss in '69; but when we consider the circumstances in which Oxford is placed and the difficulties attending all attempts to prolong the boating season in England, we can understand and appreciate her action...
...dying, - yes, freezing - freezing to death! Sometimes the Freshmen take pity on me, and try to warm me. I heard that you were likely to do it, and so Humbug and I have come to warn you not to take the trouble. You would only prolong a wretched life, and every one would hate you, because, alas! every one hates me. I long...