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Rumors of irregularities in previous years have reached us, and while we have not been able to verify them, we cannot assert that Harvard has in the past been more free from this difficulty than her sister colleges. And even this year it is possible that vague and general promises of financial aid or advantage have been made by irresponsible persons; but the students and graduates, the officers of the athletic associations, and this Committee, all decidedly condemn any such offers, by whomever made...
...face of this it cannot be denied that the game has this year been comparatively free form slugging, and it may be doubted whether with a competent umpire this disagreeable feature would be any more characteristic of the game as played this year than as played in previous years. It is also true that interference has added much to the interest of the game from a spectator's standpoint, and a great many real lovers of the game would be sorry to see it forbidden. There is one species of offside play, however, which we will all agree should...
...Divinity School, 136; Medical School, 54: Law School, 111. These figures show an increase in the number of students in every department of the university except the Art School. The total increase over last year is 112. In 1888-89 there was an increase of 120 over the previous year...
...present at the meeting, but will row. Captain Allen believes that the true secret of Yale's success lies in her system of careful training rather than in the Cook stroke, and the men who sit in Yale's boat next June will be better trained than any previous crew, if that be possible...
...Previous to the removal of the marbles by Lord Elgin, he said, other spoliations of the temples and monuments were made. Private individuals visited Athens and carried off large statues and sculptures to adorn their own private galleries. On December 26, 1687, the Parthenon was blown up in the Venetian siege of the Acropolis and many antiquities of inestimable value were lost...