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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Universities could not agree upon a code of rules to govern the contest. Up to this time, Yale's game had consisted solely in kicking, while Harvard's allowed running with the ball, holding and passing. Yale made a concession and played under rules with which she was unfamiliar. As a result she was beaten, and the score, by the old system, was four goals and two touchdowns to nothing. In this game fifteen men played on a side...
...Hell fer Sartain," and other stories, gave a reading from his works last evening in Sanders Theatre, concluding the series of the Cantabrigia Club. Mr. Fox prefaced his reading with a short sketch of the Kentucky mountaineer in order to make the stories more intelligible to those who were unfamiliar with this unique type of American character. Mr. Fox has portrayed this character in his stories with a clear insight and a fine sense of humore. His complete mastery of the dialect, from having been much among the mountaineers, and his understanding of their character, give his readings a peculiar...
...with a great deal of judgment and infused plenty of spirit into the men, by his energetic style of play. His most conspicuous fault was a tendency to be slow with the signals, but this was probably in some part, the fault of the backs, who seemed to be unfamiliar with the code. Sawin proved to be a good ground gainer. He did nothing in particular the first half, but was rather unfortunate several times in not having good interference. He seems to be the most promising man that has been played at right half this season...
There could hardly be a greater contrast to Webster and Everett than Rufus Choate. He was of that great mysterious individuality which those old families of New England hold within themselves. His powers of language and of the use of the most familiar and unfamiliar words were unequalled. His hold on a jury was that of absolute magnetism. All this school of oratory was swept away by the advance of the antislavery movement and its champion Wendell Phillips. A single public meeting made him an outlaw for life. He felt he should not have been a platform speaker...
...foundation of the Parthenon was built of a limestone; but marble was used in all other parts. No mortar was used in joining the stones, not because the Greeks were unfamiliar with mortar, but because more beautiful joints could be made by carefully fitting together the marble blocks. Once fitted, they were held fast by iron braces and wooden pins...