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...challenge has been received by the Yale 'varsity crew to row the university crew of the Dublin University, provided the Yale crew goes over to England this spring to row Cambridge. No action has as yet been taken on the matter, but the sentiment is in favor of accepting the challenge, in case the Yale crew goes over to England...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dublin University Challenges Yale. | 1/9/1889 | See Source »

...canons of universal application. Aristotle tried to formulate these canons, but he had little influence on the drama, as the greatest poet lived before his time. He was himself largely under the influence of the "Oedipus Tyrannus." These canons are the so-called "three unities" of space, time, and action. The strict limitation of the play to one spot is not authorized by Aristotle. The simplicity of the Greek plays, and the few possible changes of scene, rendered extremely difficult by the fact that there was no curtain, limited the Greek dramatists to one place. These conditions also rendered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Lawton's Lecture. | 1/9/1889 | See Source »

...news of the faculty's action in regard to base-ball has been received at the school with very considerable delight. The idea was beginning to make itself manifest that Harvard's baseball prospects for the future were more than gloomy. But with Clarkson and a few practice games, "we shall see what we shall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Medical School Notes. | 1/8/1889 | See Source »

...Kilvert, '89, has left college and entered a business house in Chicago. By his action the Lacrosse Association has lost one of its most promising player...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/7/1889 | See Source »

...practice. Thus the desire not only of the students but of many of the graduates of the college has been granted. We all know what half a dozen practice games with professional teams would mean for us and we all appreciate and are grateful for the action of the Committee. If now we lose year after year as we have been losing, we can attach no blame to anybody but ourselves. Practically all restrictions have been removed and there is no reason why we should not turn out a better nine than ever before in the spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/4/1889 | See Source »