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...traditional "college" song no longer seems to thrive at Harvard. This appears particularly at class smokers and similar gatherings, where the repertoire is usually limited to a few football songs and a confused rendering of "General Grant" or perhaps the "Stein Song." Other than these there is a noticeable lack of the "good song ringing clear." Energy that might well be expended in becoming familiar with words and parts is squandered in a primitive attempt to drown out one discord with another...
...most striking article in the number is a spirited rejoinder by the editor to the danger of Germanization and general depravity brought against Harvard College by one of its more recent graduates. Harvard cannot thrive without criticism, but this particular attack is unfortunate in more ways than one. The editor finds Oxfordization as perilous a development both for the College and for the critic in question-and disapproves any scheme which would tend to destroy either college spirit or class spirit. This is true: despite the amazing changes wrought by the reform of the curriculum, Harvard College is embedded...
...They are the men who enter intelligently into athletics. Do you suppose that any man who is physically capable of representing the University in three periods of sport, has not enough sense to look after his own physical condition? Such men cannot be injured by too much exercise. They thrive...
There are great possibilities in these debates. They give expression to a new phase of college activity, and we predict that they will, if properly managed, come to occupy an important sphere in college life. We hope to see the clubs thrive, for the more healthy activities our University has, the better educator will...
...while the students were living together in commons, a member of the class of 1797, who was suffering from ill-health, hired an old lady living near by to cook him regularly some hasty pudding, thinking that this diet would be beneficial to him. As he seemed to thrive under this treatment, a number of his classmates tried the same experiment. The result was that the dish grew in popularity and the "Pudding Men," as they were styled, met each evening in the room of one of the members, where plenty of hasty pudding was provided. At first no thoughts...