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...editors of the Monthly state in the number just published that their object in the coming year will be to show that literature to be good must be natural. As the editorial has it: "The gloomy sonnet is the healthy vent for a moody moment," and "the writing of it is a pathological cure...
...that one reason why the celebration last night was carried beyond bounds lies in the fact that the authorities have been altogether too severe in suppressing the proper enthusiasm in the Yard and within the precincts of the College. Student enthusiasm after a great victory should be allowed to vent itself in marching and cheering in the Yard, and in celebrating on Holmes Field. The first celebration in the Yard a few weeks ago is an example of what we mean, and this is what we want and what every Harvard graduate should be glad...
...What a great opportunity manque was the Harvard Night of the Irving engagement ! Why in the world couldn't the boys have been boys, and given their natural, happy enthusiasm boyish vent ! What an hour it would have been, if when Terry stood there, a radiant vision, kissing her hand in thanks for their applause, they had from all parts of the house showered her with crimson roses, one flung by every boy-Harvard's own colors, breathing in rose-breath Harvard's good will ! - And where was the grand, concentrated Harvard cheer, that should have spoken farewell...
...learned all that was to be known, and then proceeded to write down the facts. These he wished to have inserted, and we did not feel that we could refuse him and be consistent with the policy of the paper which among other things is to give vent to student opinion. And that it was the opinion of many students we felt convinced, even though it has since proved to be unfounded...
...NATURAL form of disapproval of the conduct of a visiting team or of some member of that team, is a tendency to hiss. Often when the contest is close and the crowd in a state of excitement, men will give vent to their feelings over some unfair play by roundly hissing the man who made it, However reprehensible his conduct may be, this way of condemning it is about as ungentlemanly as the unfair play itself. It certainly is against the spirit of the University. A visiting team no matter what its principles may be, must be looked upon...