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...bear in whatever they may do afterwards. Obviously it is only the individual athletes who can bring success to a meeting, and if every man who has any claim to proficiency at all will only take hold and do his part, the success of the meeting is assured beyond doubt. There is always a strong tendency in freshmen athletics for the men to hold back, lest they be suspected of "pushing themselves forward," and so "make themselves ridiculous," but any such feeling is based only on a false sense of modesty, for the college will welcome and will appreciate...
Among the greatest of the early colonial writers are Increase and Cotton Mather, father and son. They were able and so far beyond the learned men of New England of the day that Prof. Coit Tyler devotes a chapter to "The Dynasty of the Mathers." To be a scholar was part of the family inheritance." Of Increase Mather, the first native American who was president of Harvard College, Prof. Tyler says :-"By the great force of his learning, his logic, his sense, his eloquence, his sagacity and audacity in partilsan command, he became, during the first thirty years of that...
...other way which is almost beyond hoping for is that some graduate will leave money enough to endow a professorship of athletic studies. In my opinion such a professorship would be of more advantage to Harvard than a professorship of Hebrew or Semitic languages but I fear there is no one among the number of those graduates who wish to do something for their Alma Mater who goes with me. If the salary of such a trainer as is wanted could be raised by subscription for a couple of years, I think it very likely that the receipts from...
...good. The fruit, however, is much better. So that all that can be asked is that the character of the lunches and the pastries be improved and that with all this improvement the price of board be kept within reasonable limits. The only change that I have to suggest beyond these two, is a radical one which, however, I am sure meets with the approval of a large number of men, As at present conducted, the hall offers us a heavy breakfast and dinner with a very light lunch which is of very inferior character. According to this...
...true there promises to be abundance of material. The number of candidates should not deter any one from trying, however, for in a month's practice the choice of players will be very difficult, and often certain points in a new player will turn the decision in his favor. Beyond the number of candidates it is hoped and expected that a large number will show their interest in the eleven and its work by appearing on the field daily to encourage the players. Do not let any of the team have occasion to complain of any lack of support...