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...upon this matter and therefore feel justified in speaking of it at this length. Many men are too apt to underrate the invaluable aid to young men of proper social relations during collegiate life. We thus account for the evolution of the anomalous "grind," whose ideas self-centred, soon warp him into a something, an aliquid, repulsive to himself and repellant to the community. We understand that much personal experience from various sources has entered into "the makeup" of this paper, it certainly will touch personally more than a few of those who read it. We thank Mr. Wendell...
...Prencetonian says: "It is both right and natural that students should co-operate with the faculty in the suppression of wrong practices; but it could not be expected they should feel like supporting a decimating policy. Nevertheless even so generous a feeling as sympathy should not be allowed to warp opinion, and while we all feel sympathy for those who have suffered for the errors into which customs already existing have led them, we should not allow anything to supplant our honest judgment on the question of hazing...
...topics, is found by all to be exceedingly useful. How often does one wish that he had saved the report of some court decision, scholar's address a statesman's speech, a mayor's message, divorce statistics, new facts and illustrations! How often these things would work into the warp and woof of a student's task if he could only lay his hand upon them at the proper moment...
...observed that the paper one is much lighter, stiffer, and of greater strength. Its lines are firmer and owing to the fact that the paper skin is varnished over its waterproofing, it presents a perfectly smooth surface to the water, unbroken by seam or joint. Nor does it warp or shrink in the sun as much as the wooden one. The paper canoe is also more durable, will last longer and stand harder knocks, because a shock which will only bend or at most cut a hole in it, will completely shatter a wooden...
...college convention was captured by the vile emissaries of Tammany. We need not name the methods that were probably employed to procure the bringing of innocent college boys within reach of those unmentionable influences in the great metropolis. The ways of Tammany are dark, and its appliances to warp the judgment of men are subtle and powerful. John Morrissey may not have been present at the convention in person, but does any one doubt that his influence silently swayed those delegates? It will no doubt be worth millions of dollars to John Morrissey to have that literary contest held...