CORRESPONDENTS of the Boston Transcript have given their views this week upon the behavior of undergraduates at the Boston theatres. Much of what they say is only too true, and we are among those conservative persons who believe that a few men have no right to disturb a large number of their fellow-beings by disturbances in public places. We have heard the other side of the question maintained. There seems to be an idea in some minds that if a person disapproves of actions either on the stage or in the auditorium of a theatre, his proper course is to stay away and not utter complaints. As we have said, we do not agree with these radical views. In fact, we are obliged to confess that the "social roughs," as one correspondent of the Transcript terms these offensive undergraduates, can learn from these letters many instructive truths. A word to the wise, we hope, will be sufficient.
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PROPERTY FOR HARVARD COLLEGE.