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...first few days of the college year are largely given over to new students. It is scarcely to be expected that they should fully appreciate all that is done for their convenience, but it may be well to remind them that the present elaborate arrangements for their reception are of quite recent origin. Freshmen of not very many years ago, did not find practically the entire college on the watch to welcome them and help them out of difficulties. As a result they were continually making mistakes and wasting their time and energy through ignorance which a timely question...
...hope any such will not fail to notify me by complaints put in the box for that purpose in the hall. I do not very often give personal answers to the complaints but invariably look into the merits of all communications addressed to me. I should like also to remind everybody that the best way to obtain better food, is to send back that which is objectionable, with a brief note to the effect that it is so. The more suggestions there are sent to the directors, the more satisfactorily they may hope to manage...
...soberer moments probably most of us have felt something of the influence referred to. But it would surely be immeasurably stronger if there were something to remind us constantly of the men who have lived and worked here before us. In a few rooms in the older buildings there are portraits of former occupants who have become distinguished. These portraits have invariably, we believe, been purchased by appreciative students and left with the request that they be allowed to remain. Had this plan been more commonly followed who can doubt the pleasure to present and future generations which would have...
...seems to be necessary to remind students who use the reserved books in the library that at this time of the year they should be especially careful not to abuse the privilege which is given them of taking books from the shelves. The usefulness of a reference library, however well regulated it may be, depends very much on the men who use it. A very few men can, by securing and needlessly holding all the books which are in demand at any time, seriously impair the usefulness of the library. We should hesitate to believe that there...
...there will be no later opportunity, we remind members of the University today of the memorial service which will be held tomorrow morning in Sanders Theatre. The services would fail in their purpose if they should be neglected by students. To join in them will be a simple and befitting...