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ENGLISH 6, December 2, 1880, at 2 P. M., in Sever 5. Debate on the following question : "Resolved, That the civil service of the United States should be reformed by requiring every candidate for appointment to pass a satisfactory examination, and by making the tenure of office during good behavior." Disputants, affirmative, Messrs. DeWindt, MacVeagh, Hadley; negative, Messrs. Jackson, Dazey, Adams...
...betting was no circumstance to the rest of their behavior. By some underhand means or other they have induced that fellow, Blazes, - who played last year on the Princeton team, - to play back on their eleven; got him into their medical school or some such measly trick, - in all probability, just to play against us, - and before they had been playing half an hour, he nearly got into a fight with our man, Jack Hardcase, who, as you know, is one of the most gentlemanly men that ever played on our eleven. You see Jack ran at Blazes when Blazes...
...spirit which prevailed in the game with Yale. In many respects it resembled more a game of a crowd of street muckers than a friendly contest between educated gentlemen. . . . That brutality and an unfriendly spirit are not essential characteristics of football has been amply demonstrated, and that a gentlemanly behavior is possible on the field was shown in our game with Harvard, which was an admirable example of football proper. . . . Yale's reputation is universally known and recognized. The opinions of all who have had any dealings with her are identical, and we are sorry that it is not better...
...have obtained the enviable name of "hard men," by their antics during the performance, they should at once be informed that no upper classman regarded their conduct as at all "tough" or "manly." On the contrary, it was considered extremely "soft" and "childish." To say, however, that '83's behavior was childish, is not enough; it was disgraceful. For any conduct on the part of students is disgraceful that calls forth disapproval of its rowdiness from such professed North-End rowdies as packed the Globe Monday, and draws out a rebuke of their want of self-respect and decency from...
...PROFESSOR. What is a function? Junior. Well, sir (deliberately), a fellow's mark, for instance, is, I think, a function of his recitation, his behavior, and the caprice of the Faculty. (Sensation...