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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...kept an hour, and when they find that they are being kept longer they grow restless and inattentive. The days are crowded so full now with the extra hour thrust in that the most of us have all the lecture room work we want without any additions of the sort described here. Let the bell be rung at one o'clock and at half-past four to remind those instructors who are disposed to run over their time that there are certain limits within which they must keep...
...freshman class has any idea of winning the game with Yale, it is time that they give their team some sort of support. Yesterday afternoon there were not enough men on Norton's to make up 2 elevens, and Captain Whitman was obliged to fill in the centre of the team from his half-backs. Such a state of things would be disgraceful in one of the other class teams, and with a team which has such an important game as the one with Yale, it is especially to be censured. All the men who have been playing, either...
...thinking on their feet; and it cultivates in them a critical interest in social, political and economic questions. Every young man in these days, and especially every college graduate, is expected to be able to speak creditably whenever called upon. The Union furnishes an invaluable training for this sort of thing, and should appeal strongly to all who have any desire to fit themselves for the demands which will certainly be made upon them. It is unfortunately true that for years the interest in the Union has not been what it ought to be. Many college in this country have...
...classes of regulars and specials, as in the college. But the word "special" at the Annex is not synonymous with the term as we use it. Many of the Annex "specials" are graduates of that or some other institution, who wish to undertake special research of some sort, and hence would be included among the members of the graduate school at the college. The total number of students at the Annex this year is 215, a gain of 41 over the 174 of 1890 '91. The gain for the year will doubtless be still larger, as several more students...
...team to defeat it, and our freshmen must not fail through lack of loyal and enthusiastic support. The members of the class should not only attend the scheduled games of their eleven, but they should go out and watch the practice of the candidates. It is encouragement of this sort which will keep the team working hard all the time; and hard work is all that will win the game with Yale...