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...employed by the college indirectly, for the benefit of the students, while the other is employed directly by the students themselves, does not make the difference. No, there is professionalism and professionalism, and a distinction must be made so as not to include in one term of reproach all those whose partial or entire vocation is athletics. As a matter of fact it is only in base-ball playing tlrat the tendency has been at all reprehensible, and in many cases in this sport there have been extenuating circumstances...
...have become so accustomed to hearing criticisms on the conduct of the students at our American colleges, that it is somewhat of a relief to learn that our English cousins are not entirely above reproach in that respect. Of course we should no more judge the great body of English students by the few cases of disorder which occur, than we ourselves ought to be condemned because of the misconduct of a few. An editorial in the current number of the "London Graphic," in commenting on undergraduate life at Oxford, says : The Vice-Chancellor of Oxford has had to inflict...
...Glee Club and the Pierian was most unsatisfactory and we trust that this year such may not be the case. Both these societics, as representing the musical talent of Harvard, deserve the warm support of the college, and that they have not received it is a matter of reproach. The open air concerts in the spring are among the pleasantest features in the college year, and every one attends them as a matter of course. Why then, when an opportunity is given, should not every man do his share toward supporting the clubs by attending these concerts in Sanders...
...denounce in scathing terms this performance in particular, and the theatre in general. The Transcript thereupon expresses its surprise that such a proceeding could ever occur in a "University City." A "University City" is a delightfully elastic phrase, and might by this process be made the cloak of reproach for a multitude of sins. Nevertheless it would be hard to extend the reproach for such narrowness to the university itself. The good people of Cambridge proper, and of course more particularly of the outlying districts of the town, it must be said, take a very passive interest in all that...
...which learning is compelled to house itself. The State of Missouri has been badly advertised abroad for years. In the older days border raids, guerillas and reprisals gave an unfavorable impression of the state of civilization within our limits, and even today we have not freed ourselves from the reproach incurred by the recent exploits of our noted handits. Yet when we attempt to defend ourselves by pointing to the evidence of our higher civilization, we are confronted by the spectacle of our chief temple of learning housed in ancient barns and cramped and obstructed by the scantiness of resources...