Excerpt from The Yale Literary Magazine, Vol. 49: Conducted by the Students of Yale College; October, 1883-June, 1884The most noticeable effect, and one which diligent inquiry cannot fail to discover, is our growing sensitive ness to public Opinion, our desire to conform with the ideas of the thoughtful minority upon disputed questions pertaining to student life and customs. That there always will be a varying amount of reprehensible actions in a large college community, is to be expected. As it is, no place containing so many hundred young men as are gathered hereabouts can boast of a better record. A praiseworthy change in morals has come over the college during the past few years, at least, so those who are in the best position to know, assert. I do not pretend to give the reasons for this improvement in college morals, but no one who remembers the treatment that Yale men received at the hands of the metropolitan press, only a couple of years ago, will hesitate to ascribe a great deal of good to what were without doubt malicious attacks. Men began to grow desirous of preventing a repetition of such statements. There was more thoughtfulness, less disturbance; and soon the better sense of the college prevailed almost entirely.

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