Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Gown question, it must be decided by each class for itself. It a class is not decidedly unanimous on the subject, however, it would seem that the cap and gown ought not to be worn except, perhaps, on state occasions; for in that case, the advantages claimed for it, namely, the "democratic uniformity," the means of distinguishing Seniors, and the strengthening of class feeling, would not be attained. Now that Ninety-seven has voted to adopt the cap and gown after the spring vacation, it is expedient for every Senior to do his part in giving it a thorough trial...
...change in sentiment does not seem hard to explain. Declamation, except perhaps by a professional who has spent many years in training, is unreal and uninteresting. Declamations worth listening to can hardly be expected from a student who has few opportunities for training and whose effort at the contest is the result of two or three weeks of work. The average Boylston Prize declamation is little more than an exhibition of memory. Debating has the advantage of being within the powers of the average student; and even poor debating is valuable, as poor declamation is not, because...
...squad start in with about the same men every day and then men from the second squad are put in various places in the two boats. They do not use the slides as yet but are trying to perfect the body reach. The majority of the men do not seem to reach far enough. The time of the first squad has improved, but the men from the second squad break it up considerably...
...that it appears that the members of the Corporation Committee have never wished to give up the Tree exercises but only to modify their objectionable features, does it not seem that a great deal of breath has been wasted, not only wasted but wasted unbecomingly? The Corporation does not seek to attack the interests of the student body. It is made up of men who by word and deed have shown that they have undergraduate interests at heart, and is not respect and duty to his elders one of the first qualities of every gentleman, above all of any Harvard...
...other hand, the new plan proposed in yesterday's CRIMSON, seems a much better one. The arrangement of details would be very simple. For example, a platform might be erected in the Tree, and flowers thrown out from it in every direction. If it should seem best to have the men who do the throwing concealed, they might be stationed behind a screen of evergreens. The great advantage of this new plan seems to be that there could be no prolonged scrimmage, as the flowers, falling lightly on a compact mass, could never reach the ground...