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...festivities; and, what is of more consequence, class elections, that source of endless troubles experienced in this and almost every other college, would be done away with. If, then, we can preserve the main features of Class Day, and purchase freedom from class election strifes at the expense of trite literary and class-tree exercises, the bargain ought never to be regretted...
CLASS-DAY coming once again brings up memories of all other Class-Days, and affords us an excellent opportunity for trite remarks. But why should we pretend that we gave information or that we said a brilliant thing, by proclaiming that another class was about to leave these "classic shades"; that their virtues were manifold and their faults but specks? Certainly this is true, for it has all been said, over and over again, of preceding classes. We will therefore not moralize upon either the class or the day, but we will earnestly hope and devotedly pray that...
...would gladly pay more to have decent service. Some entries are fortunate, as Weld North, and others unfortunate, and given over to daily futile attempts at cleaning, which result, on the occupants' part, in open windows for several hours. We would not bring this subject up, for it is trite and an institution of long standing, but several complaints have so bitterly inveighed against recent carelessness that it seemed to merit mention. Under the present administration, if any, a change could be undertaken; and any change would be for the better...
There are schools where these defects are nearly absent. These are the best schools in consequence, but the best school will fail to make much of any one who will not try to improve for his own good. This is a trite saying, but we too often pay trifling attention to trite truths. The plan suggested in the Nation - that of the English system of University diplomas for successful candidates - would do some good certainly, but how great in America is questionable. That some change is needed is clear. The Universities and Colleges have been steadily raising the standard...
...close of a College year always calls forth remarks which, although trite in themselves through annual repetition, yet express sentiments which never grow old. It is the old, old story, but the characters are changed with every year. The wheel turns. New men fill the old places, while the old, as in a game of ball, are forced off their bases to make way for the new. This is inevitable. It is life. Nevertheless, it is hard for some men. They regret the old, are fearful of the new. Under all the festivities of the season there flows a strong...