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...last meeting of the Inter-collegiate Foot-Ball Association, was re-admitted into the league. We hail this read-mission with feelings of genuine satisfaction. The position that Harvard men hold in the ranks of the amateur sportsmen is marred only by our inferiority in foot-ball. The action of the faculty last winter and our return to the college league, have placed us where we can show that our prowess in athletics is not confined to rowing, base-ball, lacrosse, polo, and field sports...
There are two kinds of unconsciousness, faintness and the stunned state. In the former the action of the heart is checked, so that the brain is cut off from its supply of blood. In the latter, the cause of unconsciousness is concussion or vibration of the brain. It is a mistake to elevate the head or pour liquid down the throat in faintness; the middle of the body, on the contrary, should be elevated. The main thing to do in cases of stunning is to keep the patient at rest, and aid the breathing. Here also, no fluid should...
...congratulate the officers of the association on the wisdom which led to this action, and feel sure that the result will justify their expectations. That they will have an interesting and exciting meeting goes without saying; the work done by the men this spring leaves no doubt on that score...
...partial report on the religious needs of the college presented. No action as yet on the prayer petitions...
...would give increased interest to the sport, and at the same time would develop promising candidates for the different college nines. No argument was brought forward against the formation of a league, but want of interest at some of the schools whose support was necessary and lack of vigorous action by the leaders are the causes of the apparent failure. It is earnestly hoped that further consideration and more determined efforts another year will bring success to a project so feasible and so advantageous...