Word: coming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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SIRS-At one of the conventions of the Intercollegiate Football Association held in New York, Mr. Young delegate from Pennsylvania told Mr. Leeds delegate from Harvard, that he had seen a letter written by Captain Linn of the Harvard nine offering a certain man inducement to come to Harvard to play baseball. A few days later in its issue of November 16 under the heading "Harvard's Way of Doing it" the following article was published in the New York Herald. "Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 15. 1889.- Another instance of the prevalent and pernicious system of "ringing in" outsiders came...
...Brown, 165 come from Rhode Island...
...reasons unusual efforts must be made this year to produce a winning team. In the first place the old Mott Haven cup, which has been won by Harvard eight times out of fourteen, comes to her for good, and is replaced by a new one. It will be difficult for Harvard to show as good a record in the years to come as in those just past, and for this reason it is urgent that the names of her team should be the first inscribed upon the new cup. Furthermore our failure to win in football puts an added responsibility...
...choir sang the following selections: "How beautiful up on the mountains," Smith; "It shall come to pass," Tours; "God who cannot be unjust," Costa...
...success of her teams. Their presence at the games is proof of that. It stands to reason, then, that they entertain ideas of athletics which might-yes, which would be of service to the captains and the management of our organizations. But the initiative in this matter must come from them, and here of course lies the difficulty. We are thoroughly aware that save in affairs of general management, it would be a delicate matter for our faculty to express their opinion of our athletics. It can be done, however, and that in a spirit of not even seeming interference...