Word: points
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...another column will be found an article showing the cause and nature of the point recently raised by the Harvard Club in regard to a decision of the Board of Overseers. That the board has a right to exclude from its membership all graduates who reside outside of Massachusetts, is a conclusion which the Harvard Club does not accept, and whether it ought to have such a right is the point proposed to be decided. No one, of course, questions the diligence and fidelity of the present board, and it is only to promote the true interests of the University...
...GODDARD will leave for his quarters on Lake Quinsigamond to-morrow, in order to have a week's practice over his course before the race. The contest into which he is about to enter with Mr. Livingstone is in no point of view an intercollegiate race between Harvard and Yale; it is strictly a private match. But as each of the contestants holds the single-scull championship of his college, deep interest will be felt in the result. We hope that all members of the University realize how important a place this race will hold in Harvard's boating annals...
...Gentlemen," says he, respectfully removing his nightcap, "it gives me great pleasure; to address you; a minute ago I expected to point one of Talmage's sermons. I feel that the manner of my rescue is most unparalleled, perhaps improbable; but I had to be saved somehow, and I appeal to you whether it is not far more likely that a man would be saved by the Lacrosse Club than by our system of college patrols and unmanageable fire-ladders. Gentlemen, good night...
FROM the games that have been played it is difficult to form a correct judgment about the Nine, Wednesday's game with the Beacons being such an improvement on the disgraceful exhibitions at New Bedford and Boston. The weakest point seems to be the batting, only one base-hit being made in the whole game, and many of the men seeming to be surprised into striking. Although we much admired the catcher's cool playing Wednesday, we doubt whether he has the requisite strength for the position; could not the catcher of the Beacons be induced to play? We also...
...important points a Russian student differs from a son of the fatherland; he does not consider it a point of honor to swallow at least a keg of beer in a month, and he wears a uniform-Foreigners are always puzzled to see the connection between university learning and a uniform. But this mystery is explained by the fact that the students are civilly and criminally under the jurisdiction of the University Board. The uniform serves, then, to detect the evil-doers in case of mischief done. The students are ungrateful enough not to appreciate the beauties of this system...