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...overcome. In the next place the players, when on base, must watch the ball more closely, put more speed into their running, and slide more fearlessly. A third and most glaring defect is the lack of proper coaching. A man must be at first and at third; on the alert for every chance, and prepared to coach the runner around at every opportunity. So much for the points on which, even yet, improvement can be made. As for batting and fielding, the nine must do its best,- than that no more can be asked. It is only because we think...
...part of the night work, by having the day for study, no one can doubt for an instant, and, in reply to the oft-advanced argument that the mind is not in an active state during the evening, it may certainly be said that if the faculties are sufficiently alert to be occupied in severe study for four or five hours they could certainly bear the strain of recitation for one-half of the time. While the project may seem a little visionary now, it will surely be adopted at some time in the near future, for it has many...
Your statement that if some one should so far forget himself as to drink to excess at the hall, and be seen by some of the frequent visitors, Harvard would not only be severely handled by those who are always on the alert to find some fault, but would even be seriously misjudged by the many who are unprejudiced. But could not the same thing be said of men drinking anywhere, and do you not virtually say that the only safety lies in total abstinence...
...wishes they have expressed for the speculators may not be realized. The anger of those who find themselves thus disappointed in their plans is not to be wondered at. The instant that any amusement is announced that is probable to attract the fellows, some men put themselves on the alert to reap the greatest possible pecuniary advantage from the general enthusiasm. Every one is willing to help needy fellow-students, but would greatly prefer to do it in some other way. Let us have an end of this practice of "cornering;" we have seen the unpleasant results at the time...
...HERALD, always on the alert to furnish its readers with the latest news, is pleased to announce the discovery by a reporter of a copy of the Roman Daily Squint-Eye. We should like to speak of the Squint-Eye as an esteemed contemporary, but, with due respect for the editors, must decline to do so, for the paper was printed about A. D. 125. We present below some extracts...