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...Siege of Syracuse." He has clothed his ideas with varied and appropriate images, never becoming monotonous, prosaic, nor strained. His fine appreciation of the beauties of nature is perhaps the most marked feature of the book. As a drama it is not wholly successful, for though full of action and well sustained, it lacks plot and development of character. The historical incidents of the Siege of Syracuse are introduced, but have little real influence on the main theme, the love of Lucius and Adelia, As a poem the "The Siege of Syracuse" is far ahead of most initial publications...
...simplification and better conduct of Harvard-Yale freshman games, the following rules for their better conduct are hereby offered for the consideration and action of Yale '92, by Harvard...
...publish today the constitution governing freshman athletics as it was accepted by Ninety-two on Tuesday evening. It is to be hoped that Yale, '92, will agree to the action taken by Harvard, for the proposed rules, if adopted, will remove many objection able features from freshmen athletics In the past the playing of dropped men and professional school men on freshman teams by both Harvard and Yale has caused a great deal of bad feeling and most of the games have been played under protest. The new constitution does away with all such difficulty and requires that a freshman...
Ninety-two has contributed a great deal towards debasing freshman intercollegiate athletics and it now has an opportunity to act sensibly and well. We urge every member of the class to be present in order that the action may be convincing and significant...
...several particulars, and the present movement is designed to remedy this. When the constitution has been acted upon by the class here it will be submitted to the Yale freshmen. It is to be hoped that every member of the class will attend the meeting in order that whatever action is taken may be as significant as possible...