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Dates: during 1870-1879
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FRANCIS EDWARD SEDGWICK, of the class of 1877, son of William Ellery Sedgwick, of the class of 1846, was born in 1854, at New Rochelle, in the State of New York. That locality is subject to intermittent fever, and Sedgwick began life with this and perhaps other disadvantages in point of health. A pleurisy which he contracted last November affected his lungs so seriously that a change of climate became necessary, and, though extremely unwilling that his studies should be interrupted, he had consented to go to Europe for a few months. But a catarrhal pneumonia supervened upon other troubles...
...government of the students; and, in the second place, we should certainly not have committed the error had they refrained from passing a vote which we agree with the Advocate in thinking unnecessary. We do not propose, however, to discuss these points at present, and we desire to state once more our sincere regret that we were led into expressing opinions likely to convey an erroneous impression of one who is remarkably just and considerate in all his relations with the undergraduates...
...remove the slight misunderstanding under which the Yale papers seem to be laboring, we will state briefly the present condition of affairs in regard to the arrangements for the next Yale-Harvard base-ball match. The first game will be played in New Haven, the second in Cambridge, and the third in Springfield. The misunderstanding which caused the Record to speak of us in terms more forcible than polite resulted from the fact that the two Nines in fixing the time for the match found difficulty in finding three days which would be equally convenient for both sides, and also...
Thus, in looking over back numbers of the College papers, we find innumerable articles on the state of the Gymnasium, on the condition of the food at Memorial Hall, etc., which complaints are perfectly just, and so are generally published and read, although they become rather monotonous by repetition. Against these we have nothing to say, as it is only by reiterated complaints in the papers that the desires of the students are noticed by the Faculty or Corporation...
...boat-club unless he considers the benefit he derives from the club to be worth the money. Why is it, then, that some of the clubs find it so difficult to obtain a membership sufficiently numerous to indemnify Mr. Blakey and fulfil their contract, and how may this state of things be improved...