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...evening on the long talked of western trip. It will undoubtedly be enjoyable enough to repay many times over all the time spent in practising. But the pleasure which the members of the clubs themselves will derive from the trip is unimportant when compared with that which they will afford to the graduates in the cities visited. In this lies the very benefit of the tour. The presence of Harvard undergraduates cannot fail to call back the memories, of their own college days, and revivify their interest in the welfare of almamater...
...game next Saturday is expected to be one of great interest. It is practically a championship game between the two best teams in America, and will afford to lovers of the Association Game a good chance to see some excellent playing...
...should tell the Harvard Exeter Club that it is no longer a matter of their convenience, but that it is now a duty which Harvard demands shall be fulfilled that Harvard be not made to appear so indifferent in the eyes of sub-freshmen at Exeter. We cannot afford to ignore men in these preparatory schools; Exeter and Andover are the primary sources of foot-ball material, a fact which a glance at the list of men on the great teams this year will prove. The Exeter Club will, we hope, see the importance of their position and act accordingly...
...good, boisterous fun, let him go to the "Texas Steer," which began its second week at the Tremont Theatre last evening. There may be many critics who inveigh against the dramas of Hoyt-and this last is one of his best-but B cannot be denied that they afford pleasure to the majority of people, and soloing as this main object is encompassed, Hoyt's dramas will continue to meet with success. The various parts in this, "A Texas Steer," are well taken, as the continuous applause and laughter of the audiences attest...
...hard to see why the danger of any improper action has arisen since then. So far from the distrust of Harvard among Westerners being a reason for not letting them see a representative club of students, it should be an inducement for giving them the opportunity. We can afford to be judged by the standard of such a representation as took the trip before; and more than this, it is only justice to parents to give them the fairest means possible for judging us from a distance. As for the dignity of the performance, it is decorous...