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...manifestly impossible for Harvard to overrule the decision of the athletic committee on this matter, Mr. Corbin's letter made it necessary for Harvard to forfeit the game, which was done. The Harvard management immediately sent the following challenge to Yale, to which no answer has yet been returned...
...initiation dinner of the first eight of the Phi Beta Kappa from '89 was held at the Hotel Victoria last evening. The secretary, Mr. Winkler, presided and acted as toast-master. Each new member read a part in answer to a toast. The subjects were as follows: Mr. Ropes, "The Hesperornis, the Apteryx and the Dodo, in their relation to the Myrmecobius and Plato's Doctrine of Ideas." Mr. Shoemaker, "Harvard Oratory, may it ever be what an Adams, an Everett, and a Quincy have made it." Mr. Cabot, "The Transcendental Unity of Aperception." Mr. Warren, "The size and relations...
Dear Sirs-Your letter of the 14th inst. in answer to ours of the 12th is at hand. We are sorry to learn from its contents that you have failed in your endeavors to persuade your athletic committee to allow the game to be played as scheduled. Considering the fact that Harvard has had since a year ago to play the game at New York, in which time the constitution stated that the two leading teams of previous years shall play at New York, in which to come to her present conclusion, we do not feel in any way under...
...Yale and Harvard must play in New York this year, inasmuch as they were respectively first and second in the league last year. It is asserted that if Harvard refuses to play in New York, she breaks the constitution, and therefore forfeits the right to choose the ground. The answer to this is plain. Harvard was forced to break the constitution through no fault of her own. Since she is never to be allowed to play in New York, she must always break the constitution when she is second and Yale first. Consequently Yale will always have the choice...
About two weeks ago the Harvard Bicycle Club challenged the M. I. T. Club to a road-race for a banner to be presented by the losing club. The following answer has been received...