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...nature of Harvard undergraduates. We must explain it by the fact that a revolt against provincial customs has gone too far, and that in ridiculing many of the seemingly foolish usages of smaller colleges we are over anxious to be free from anything similar. An example of the better sort of tradition is that which some years ago prompted undergraduates to remove their hats when passing through the Newell Gate, out of respect for the man whose name it bears...
...serious student, will hardly convince those whose aversion to any form of intellectual contest has made debating unfashionable. These, who are the very ones to be persuaded, may possibly be won by the formation of new debating societies, or by some ingeniously contrived rewards of a speedy and obvious sort, but scarcely by the suggestion that they might in the uncertain future become efficient leaders of public opinion...
...last dinner of the Harvard Engineering Society the topic of an organization of alumni engaged in engineering was broached and we now learn that its formation is practically assured. Surely there can be nothing but advantage to be gained from an association of this sort. Its close affiliation with the Engineering Society will bring the men leaving College to engage in engineering work into closer touch with the graduates who have preceded them, and if the organization be properly conducted the novice will feel that he can look for advice to older men who have begun where he is beginning...
...cover under the so-called "Harvard indifference," merely because we have two defeats behind us and a hard game ahead? Let us ignore technical perfection for a few days. No team ever won a real victory by that alone, and many "invincible" teams have learned that the right sort of a fight will disturb the most thoroughly perfected plans...
...those entitled to receive tickets, and we must conclude that a few graduates or undergraduates have sought to make their connection with the University a source of dishonorable profit. The temptation is no doubt greater for some than for others, but need of the proceeds does not justify this sort of ticket speculation...