Word: roome
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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CLASS DAY has two sides. The Senior's side is bright; the world seems made for him, at least for that one day. But for the undergraduate who has had to give up his room and has no friends present, Class Day has its dark side; he is lonely in spite of the gayety around him. Such a melancholy undergraduate linked his arm in mine as we crossed the Yard after the lights were out, and poured forth the following lament...
...statement that the "enclosure is already overcrowded" is not a true one, for there was ample room last year for another class; and this year, the Class-Day Committee have succeeded in getting at least one hundred more seats by running them out over the sidewalk...
...seems, at first sight, that under the new regulations which provide for the exchange of rooms, much dishonest speculation might take place. But inasmuch as the provision is not for a transfer, but for an exchange of rooms, we do not see that the objection to the plan is a forcible one. In the first place, the old system has not been entirely satisfactory, for when a poor student draws an expensive room, and a wealthy student a cheap one, the advantage of an exchange is obvious. The new plan is adopted to meet just such needs. Under its provisions...
...great good. We hope that the example set by several professors this year will be widely imitated in the future, and that the time may soon come when the Faculty will feel that their duties to their classes are not limited by the threshold of the recitation-room...
...Hall for the time being, or at least to put up notices, not too small to be read with the naked eye, of any delay in serving meals. We do not see how the convenience of having all the members of a large elective examined in one room affords any justification for making over six hundred men wait an hour for their lunch...