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...condemn luxury and comfort in a sweeping way he thought senseless and characteristic only of a very shallow thinker. Certainly all the luxury with which Harvard's sons had been lavished, did not abate one whit the patriotic ardor they showed in the late war. When a test came, Harvard men were revealed, not shorn of their manliness, but armed with full strength and vigor...
MANDOLIN AND GUITAR CLUB.Mandolins: B. Wells, '94; C. R. Stetson, '94; P. H. Lombard, '95; R. L. Whit man, '95, M. G. Scull...
...against this the great forces of individualism has begun to act, and threaten to sweep everything before them. Individualism, carried to an extreme, means isolation, and isolation and marriage can be connected only by accident. Marriage, dominated by individualism, becomes the mere sport of personal caprice, and loses every whit of stability...
...strong to be disregarded; and every man in college knows what Harvard would think of a deliberate attempt to learn "tricks" on the part of the nine. Among other things, Mr. "X" says (in the columns of the Advocate) that playing with professionals "will not make the games a whit more interesting to players or spectators." This shows that either he knows nothing of the gmae, or knowing a little, cares much less...
That the gymnasium is in many ways the best equipped of any college gymnasium in this country, may be true enough, but like the best of everything, there is plenty of room for improvement. Harvard is not a whit behind the age in this respect. The shower-baths, which are of greater necessity and utility than any other thing connected with the gymnasium, are either very badly managed or else there is a flaw in the construction of the pipes bringing in the hot and cold water supply. Every day it takes ten or fifteen minutes to regulate the temperature...