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...struggle whatever may be the issue. With so much at stake it behooves every foot-ball man to keep in as perfect condition as possible, not only during the winter months, but in the summer vacation as well, so that he may return in the fall ready to immediately adopt the strict training necessary for the sport and to be able to devote every particle of his strength towards gaining the highest position for his college...
...present below a complete summary of the important changes in the playing rules of the game of foot-ball, as adopted at the recent league convention. Several changes of importance it will be seen were made that will affect the character of the game to some extent. Whether the college league should adopt them all we have some doubts...
...trainer, Mr. Robinson, has left us, bearing with him the best wishes and most hearty commendation of all who have been fortunate enough to secure his services. Seldom if ever can we find a gentleman so proficient in the profession of training who will so readily adopt the college spirit and desire for success, or will hold remuneration so cheaply in comparison with victory. The precise value of Mr. Robinson's services in regard to the intercollegiate games will probably never be thoroughly estimated, but each member of the victorious teams can name very many advantages which he owes...
...Yale friend seems to have lost sight of an important fact, viz: that Harvard College represented not more than two-thirds of the spectators; and right here it would be well to remark that it is not the college which follows blindly whatever sentiment her papers chance to adopt, as the Record chooses to insinuate, but on the contrary, the papers represent, and that, too, most adequately the popular opinion of the college. The editorial goes on to state: "The result was a bitter disappointment, of course," alluding to Harvard, "but does that justify the conduct of their men among...
...medal given by the Cobden Club at Williams is awarded on the basis of excellence in recitation, and now they are trying to adopt Harvard's plan and make it a prize for the best essay on the subject of free trade or political economy...