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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...evils which go hand in hand with intercollegiate contests are: (1). Gambling. The amount of betting on the result of these games is enormous. The gambling spirit becomes so strong and so widespread that he is a rare undergraduate who believes, and lives up to the belief, that obtaining money from another without rendering an equivalent, is but a form of robbery. The cultivation of this spirit among the young men who should occupy places of leadership in the business and professional world is not to be considered lightly...
...wish to be always finding fault, but in the matter of senior and junior forensics the dissatisfaction is so widespread that there must be a real grievance. The delay in the issue of the forensic pamphlet and the press of other college work at the time the brief was due compelled many men to postpone the greater part of the work until the briefs were returned. Briefs were returned yesterday and the forensics are due next Wednesday-thus giving only six days for the actual work of writing. This is altogether too short a time for the preparation...
Cricket has become popular among a number of men in college, but has not thus far awakened a very widespread interest. The game today on Holmes field furnishes an opportunity for all to see the work of our eleven and we hope that a large number of men will be present. Although one of our younger varsity organizations, the Cricket club has always been a cret to us and deserves some large show appreciation...
...characterize such actions even as inconsiderate, but it seems to require stronger words, for it amounts to nothing more nor less than stealing, I am sorry to have to call your attention to such a flagrant ahuse of privileges as some man is guilty of, but hope that a widespread knowledge of the facts may lead to an effective check upon such action in the future...
...effectual must be prompt and unanimous. There are one hundred and ten men now in the academic department who have come here from other colleges both for the greater personal freedom and the superior advantages for study which the Harvard system permits. United action by these men would be widespread in its effects. The movement is in the hands of energetic men and with proper co-operation a successful result is assured...