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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doubt that Harvard would be shown to be quite as free from this evil as any other New England college. The manliness evident in all departments of college life, and the maturity of Harvard men, are strong evidences that the vast majority of students would utterly scorn to make use of unfair means to gain an end which is valuable, only so far as it is genuine. While every thoughtful Harvard man will admit this last statement, there can be no doubt that cribbing is practised by many who recognize in it, the only method possible of maintaining their class...
...carried on, and everyone knows the fact. Is this a moral lesson? If it be true that the only method of giving moral guidance to Harvard men is to shut them up in a large room, and force it into their unwilling minds, the lessons will be of little use. Is it not plain that moral teaching gets its strength, not from the fact that men are made to hear it, but from the fact that they are willing to receive it? In Dr. Hale's own words, - "no one was ever compelled to pray, or ever...
Some Princeton men are earnestly working to have the old college cheer regenerated there, and made the regular cheer in preference to the one now in use...
...keeps his arms bent even on the full reach. He does not get his shoulders on at all at the beginning of the stroke, letting his slide get ahead of his shoulders. He swings out. No. 3 starts forward too slowly and gets a jerky finish. He does not use his shoulders enough. He has not been rowing lately. No. 2 does not keep control of his slide. He rushes forward with his shoulders hunched up and his head dropped. He swings in and keeps his arms bent. Bow rows smoothly but does not get enough power into his legs...
...time when this method was in use the only dormitories were Holworthy, Hollis, Stoughton, and a part of Massachusetts. All the rooms were graded according to their desirability, Holworthy 3 headed the list, while Hollis 1 was considered the least desirable (it has been altered since then, so that it now has a pleasant southerly exposure), hall, floor, and end exposure were the chief considerations in ranking the rooms. A redistribution took place every year and the system depended on the general principle that if a man had a good room one year, he must be content with an inferior...