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...name of the College. All authorities are agreed that drinking, in any amount, is physically harmful. Millions of people throughout this country believe it to be morally wrong. This College ought to embody, both in theory and practice, the highest ideals of conduct. Is it, then, not a detrimental thing for the reputation of the College if it sanctions drinking in any way? If a man must needs drink as an individual, that is one thing; but for the classes, as direct representatives of the College to support this practice, is quite another matter...
Thomas Mott Osborne '84 spoke on "Humanizing the Prisons," before a large audience in Emerson J yesterday afternoon. In introducing his topic, Mr. Osborne emphasized the fact that there is no such thing as a typical criminal class-that the inmates of the prisons are not different in any material respect from many outside, except that they "have been caught." He spoke of the work of the State Prison Commission in its attempt to substitute new methods...
...present a loving cup to a Harvard class--or vice versa, more than makes up for their intrinsic uselessness. They stand for courtesy and friendship. Yet the presentation of cups to Yale or Harvard classes should not become a mere custom. A loving cup, given because it is the thing to do or because it is always done is even more worthless than the ordinary variety. With every such presentation there should be an increased feeling of real friendship between the two Universities...
Would it not be a good thing for the Student Council to turn their attention to this matter? Or might it not be brought up before the trustees? Such things as this are of the first importance. A. PHILOSOPHER...
...confess our sanction of drunkenness, indecency, lying, disrespectfulness and thieving," writes one correspondent, apropos of the "Beer, Movies, Cigarettes" advertised on the posters of the Sophomore banquet. On the other side, another tells us that "beer . . . changes the yelping minstrel into Caruso," and claims that it is "the only thing that makes a meeting go." Both of these writers are intolerant, and each runs to ridiculous extremes...