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...issue is whether or not Harvard shall withdraw unconditionally from the foot-ball association; the ground of this question is found in the principles which Harvard has maintained tous far this season-that is, the principle that college athletics must be purified at any cost, that any underhanded action shall be discountenanced, that undergraduates as far as they are professionals, and graduates, unless they are bona fide members of the university, shall be prohibited from participating in intercollegiate contests. It is intended at tonight's meeting to offer an opportunity for the free expression of college opinion on the matter...
...interest of the college for the last few days has of course centered on Princeton's action in the present athletic controversy, and the result of the game has simply been to strengthen Harvard men in their previous attitude toward the question. Of the game itself it is perhaps best to make little criticism. Our team certainly has more reason for pride than for regret. It is by far the best eleven Harvard has ever put into the field, and had it met an amateur undergraduate team, like itself, would very likely have won. It may, however, well be doubted...
...were on hand to answer Princeton's protest, provided that Princeton would do the same with Ames. Princeton refused, resting her decision on the point of order, even though Harvard claimed that her evidence was so strong that she would accept no affidavit. The result of Princeton's action is that the five men in question, Ames, Dean, Cranston, Upton and Stickney will be allowed to play tomorrow...
...York to make the necessary investigations and arrangements. They will first try to secure the endowment for a professorship. It is understood that the funds for this will be furnished by the Fairchild County Alumni Association, which recently appointed a committee to confer with the corporation and recommmend the action which has just been taken. The following degrees were conferred by the corporation: Ph. B., Frank Dodge Leffingwell and Dariford Newton Barney Sturgis; M. A., Evans Woollen; Ph. D., the Rev. William W. McLane, and Alfred Mandy Wilson; D. D., (honorary) the Rev. Charles Ray Palmer of Bridgeport...
Reform in the municipal government is necessary but difficult. There is such a combination of errors, that it is almost impossible to solve the question satisfactorily. A great step would consist in determining the responsibility for every action of city officials...