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...Senator Kellogg has been given until Wednesday to answer to the indictment against him. It will be pressed vigorously...
...itself. In this connection we would suggest to the committee a consideration of the style of fence which is to surround the new athletic grounds at Yale. This consists of a thickly planted hedge of sufficient height closely flanked by a barbed wire fence. Such a fence would certainly answer all purposes, and would besides meet very well several of the objections urged against an ordinary board fence. Any additional expense which might be incurred by such a plan would, we feel sure, be cheerfully met by the college. Indeed, when we consider how much more has been raised...
...questions as to weight, physical condition, strength, in fact any thing that refers directly or indirectly to the crew, their rowing and their boat, are regarded as impertinent at Yale, and are never answered. Consequently the members of the crew appear to their college mates as something above the ordinary run of mortals, who possess untold mysteries and secrets that are invaluable. As far as getting any information whatever about the crew is concerned, one might as well be a Harvard as a Yale man. A ridiculous air of mystery and secrecy, which is only equalled by that which surrounds...
...fear of professionalism has certainly reduced the faculty to a pitiable position. It may seem professional to try to make a nine self-supporting instead of a burden upon the pockets of men who already have enough demands for subscriptions to answer, but it is a sort of professionalism we can not help approving...
...notice from the Tennis Association on our first page this morning, shows clearly the objects that are to be gained by the new arrangement of our tennis affairs, and furnishes an answer to the objections brought up by some to the new plan. No one should now hesitate to join the association, and so support the executive committee in the action they have so wisely taken...