Compulsory chapel is not a popular institution at any college. It is an evil that has to be endured quite generally, however. This is how the students at the University of Pennsylvania endure it, according to the University Magazine: "A stranger coming into chapel would be much shocked at the apparent want of reverence amongst the students. Some are talking about the coming sports, betting on the different events, others are getting up first hour's recitation; while, from the rear, a freshman regales the audience with the exquisite melody of a tin horn. Why is this irreverence? The solution is easy. By compulsion, chapel has lost its sacred character. Instead of being considered the right way to begin the day, it has degenerated into a means of avoiding a bad mark. All sacredness being lost, it is the undergraduate's privilege to get as much fun out of it as possible."
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