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As will be seen by the list of freshmen published today, the incoming class of Ninety-three is considerably larger than any previous freshman class. This fact certainly, taken by itself, is a gratifying sign of Harvard's growing prosperity. Unfortunately for all concerned, however, numbers pure and simple are no criterion of a class's merit, and this it will be well for Ninety-three to remember. The opportunities and obligations which you now find yours are strange. You have never enjoyed the freedom or the advantages which are now thrust upon you, and it is more than possible that you will abuse them both. With all your forced maturity and self reliance your point of view will be radically changed as you advance, and you will often wonder in your senior year at your freshman self-assertion and wisdom. It is not our purpose to discourage you-far from that-on the contrary we extend to you our warmest greetings as Harvard men, and yet we are desirous of warning you against the indiscretions so common to men entering college. At this early period of your college career we urge you to be discreet, when it will often prove far easier to be rash, and earnest when you will find it pleasanter to be superficial. Some day we assure you, the time will come when you will be glad of every second thought you devoted to the conduct of your freshman year.

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