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Considerable unjust criticism has been going the rounds of the college of late condemning the recent regulations of the faculty forbidding dropped men from entering as contestants in home athletic games. It is very easy of course to account for the general college sentiment in the matter, and certainly at first thought the restriction does seem harsh. A little careful reflection, however, puts the subject in a new light. If the student will but fairly ask himself the question, "what after all is the purpose of college life?" he cannot fail to see the justice of the faculty's regulation...
...recent issue of the Boston Post there appeared an interesting article on the English stroke by Mr. J. Watson Taylor, who rowed No. 2 in the Cambridge (England) university crew and was captain of that crew in 1881. The article is to a great extent, due to the discussion as to the relative merits of the Harvard and Yale strokes and runs as follows; In the April number of Outing a system is described called the "English System of Rowing," the chief features of which are: The stroke-A catch and swing back with stationary slide, then a slide with...
...Wesleyan game is very gratifying. It was the last and by far the best of the practice games and promises well for the success of the team in the championship games. The chief criticism to be made of the playing Saturday has been called forth by every recent game, namely, that it takes much too long for the men to settle down to steady work. During the first twenty minutes there were many fumbles and poor passes, the team work was ragged and ineffective, and there was consequently little scoring. Towards the end of the first half and all through...
...contents of the number are on the whole good. The opening editorial is written in a strong vigorous spirit, and summarizes in a very successful way the causes of our lack of success in athletics in recent years. It is only too true that one of the fatal weaknesses of the college in an athletic way is our proneness to one-man dependence, or as the Advocate terms it, "the star system." A result of this is that we are easily discouraged; let anything happen to our star and we become despondent and down on our luck, lose half...
...recent meeting of the interscholastic foot ball association the following schedule was adopted for the fall games: Oct. 18. Nobles vs. Boston Latin, Brookline Common; Hopkinsons vs. Roxbury Latin, Franklin Park: 19, Combination vs. Hopkinsons, Brookline; 25th, Boston Latin vs. Hopkinsons, Franklin Park. Cambridge vs. Combination, at Cambridge; Roxbury vs. English High, Brookline; 26th, Nobles vs. Combination, Brookline...