IT is our sad duty to disagree with the Advocate. Under ordinary circumstances, we consider the words of our contemporary as words of much weight, but when it comes to saying that they shall not give any advice to Freshmen, and then adds, "we must positively forbid any other member of the University giving them advice, satirical or otherwise," stern duty points out our course. We must say to our friends of the Advocate that they may do, or refrain from doing, what they please; but when it comes to forbidding to others the same privilege, they disregard the fundamental principle of our government, and overstep their province. We have great respect for the Freshman class, and we wish them well in every particular. No satirical advice to them will appear in our columns; but the letters which have been furnished us by one of our most valued contributors - a man of large experience - can be read with interest by every one, and, if taken in the right way, with great advantage, we sincerely believe, by those whose residence in Cambridge is just beginning.
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PROPERTY FOR HARVARD COLLEGE.