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...last. Yes, the youth then were more mature and (individually) they wore Indian blankets, made by the Bay State Mills, in chapel; and there then prevailed "a high, keen, intellectual energy among us all." But why continue such quotations? No true Harvard student can fail to catch the latent sneer so carelessly concealed...
...boys," as one New York paper styles us, or a "set of indifferent, dissolute young men," as still another journal classifies us. Every university has the same imputations laid at its doors in the same blind carping spirit. While we acknowledge all that is true, we protest against the sneer conveyed in the term "Harvard Morality...
...recent exchanges, in a somewhat extended notice of the Harvard publications, has taken occasion to sneer at one of our papers, and show by invidious comparisons that our publications are not what they profess to be. While we do not desire to question the taste of the writer of such a criticism, we still feel that the courtesy of the press ought to have influenced the expression. The kindly feeling which has long existed between the various college papers, cannot easily be destroyed by criticisms of such a nature, but more pleasant relations will result in the future...
...would treat the subject in the impartial way in which socialism was treated by Rev. Mr. Brooks. Where is the Finance Club? A stirring lecture from some prominent financier or able business man would do much to gratify a widespread interest in college. Active legislators are prone to sneer at college theorists and their ideas. Why not invite a representative of this school of the world to attempt to correct these ideas. Two lectures from different stand points on this very silver question would shake the two schools together, and might increase the respect of one for the other...
...becomes confused, but our further triumph is cut short by the questions of the fair ones. "Do you have rooms like this at Harvard?" "Oh, yes," we reply, as we gaze aghast at the oil paintings, damask curtains, satin upholstery, and statuary that surround us. Here a suppressed sneer is heard and we at once move out into the corridor. We go to the library, a wilderness of black walnut shelves, glass doors, carved tables, Ouida's novels, and long haired grinds. We snub the library, but maintain silence when we are informed that "you can get in, even after...