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Dates: during 1873-1873
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AMONG Bostonians a student passes for about what he is worth; at any rate, he gains nothing from merely being a student. This may be due to the fact that Boston, from having seen so many students in her day, has fathomed their nature; yet we are cautious in assigning this reason, for Boston is not like other towns, and perhaps would be able to judge without experience. But starting from this place, the student of Harvard finds that the consideration which he receives increases in proportion to the number of miles which separate him from his point of departure...
...irresponsible parties; second, what is of more importance, the honor of the College is certainly at stake if public opinion shall excuse swindling. We all have a sympathy for such peccadilloes as breaking windows or "ragging" signs, though even they are objectionable on the score of puerility; at any rate, there is in them neither meanness nor avarice nor downright dishonesty, only an effervescence of deviltry. But when these customs, skill in which is esteemed among us, as among the Spartans, are made the means of cool speculation, the honor of the whole College is involved, and should be vindicated...
...week. It may be said that prices are much lower one hundred and fifty miles back in the country than near a large city. This is true; but it must also be considered that a club of three hundred men ought to obtain board at a much cheaper proportional rate than a club of seventy men, and that a professional steward would be able to arrange the wholesale importation of provisions from the country on a much larger scale than an undergraduate whose time for the business is, of course, limited...
...forensics. No one who indorses this action can object to voluntary writing on the part of the student. As was said above, our readers are good critics; and if they do not, like our instructors, examine so closely as to discover all the superfluous adjectives and phrases, at any rate they can tell whether a piece be true or false, dull and stale or lively...
...appreciation of study; but it is also true that great numbers leave college in the same condition. So, too, even now, cramming is very prevalent. Both these evils are unavoidable in a large college; nor do I see how they can be avoided in a small one. At any rate, the advantages of concentrating educational resources are so great, that it is reductio ad absurdum if the opponents of President Eliot are compelled to maintain that, on the whole, small colleges are better than large...