The period of the year which is given up to exercise in the gymnasium has arrived; and with it have come all the peculiarities of such a period. The stranger who enters the gymnasium for the first time is astonished at the great number of athletic uniforms bearing designations pecular to class teams. He at once remarks upon the great size of our athletic organizations. He is much surprised, however, when he is informed that the beautiful display of crimson letters and figures is not a mark of distinction, but a badge of 'varsity. The slender figure proudly bearing the talismanic figure '89 is not that of a champion of eighty-nine's contests against the blue, but is simply that of - a freshman. We might even invade the sacred precincts of eighty-eight and comment upon the delicate design of some of the illegitimate devices there worn, but we refrain. We ardently hope that "The Harvard Furnishing Store" will, in the future, exercise a little more discretion in his sales.
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