Contemptible and criminal as such an act is, more lasting harm has been done to the reputation of the University by the sensational stories that have appeared in the Boston newspapers concerning it. The correspondents for most of these papers are Harvard men, whose loyalty to their college should be strong enough to keep them from writing columns of wretchedly sensational stuff on every offense that is committed in the University. That the Boston papers are willing to print such ineffable twaddle in order to cater to the depraved tastes of some of their readers, is bad enough; that Harvard men should earn a living by writing these articles that are calculated to do their University lasting harm is infinitely worse.
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