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...they had never seen the inside of Appleton, just as their forefathers must sometimes have boasted of a non-cut record for old Holden--each, it would seem, with about as much understanding of values. But gradually they filter in; and typical morning-service congregations have more Seniors than under-classmen, not because Seniors are more serious-minded, but because they have found those fifteen minutes an agreeable manner of opening the day. The reaction is not necessarily religious; its only effect may be to turn the mind for a moment out of its ordinary channels. But in doing that...
More rooms are vacant in College dormitories than ever before. Senior dormitories have been thrown open to under-classmen, and so few are coming back that even under these conditions there are still rooms to let. This is even more unusual in light of the fact that Perkins and Walter Hastings, the dormitory most used by law student, have been given up to the Radio School. Whereas last year at this time there were vancant rooms in Holyoke and Walter Hastings only, this year there are seven suites vacant in Holworthy, 32 in Thayer, six in. Weld, three in Grays...
Ninety-three students have worked in the Princeton Commons during the last year, including forty-one freshmen, thirty-seven sophomores and fifteen upper-classmen. The under-classmen have in compensation for their services received their board, the biggest item in college expenses. While the upper-classmen, who have acted as floor captains and ushers, have received a small salary in addition to their board...
...already protested against this regulation, and should enough more join in the protest, it seems only fair that the proposed change should be postponed a year, to take effect in 1898-99, so that next year Seniors would receive the same credit for their work in the course as under-classmen. There seems to be no apparent reason for such partiality, and the ruling by which Seniors are picked out to do double work, rather than Juniors or Sophomores, appears somewhat arbitrary. This being so, it is to be hoped that the regulation will be rescinded, and Seniors next year...
...distinction between the Senior and the under-classman would prove a stimulus beneficial not only to Seniors but to under-classmen as well...