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Brown will lose only five regulars from her successful 1915 football team by graduation, with the result that the prospects for next year are exceptionally good. Almost all of the players who came into prominence this season will be eligible next fall. The greatest blow to the team will be the loss of Captain Andrews at halfback, who all through the season has proved a capable leader. In addition to his work in the backfield, Andrews was the best punter on the team. He was also a drop kicker of some ability, his field goal being the only score...
Cornell's football team will suffer heavily by graduation next year, not so much in numbers as in the quality of the men. The graduation of Barrett will be a serious blow. The coaches cannot hope to find his equal in years, and will have to seek to make up by all-around team strength what they lose in the departure of this unusual players. He has done more for Cornell football than any man in the history of athletics at Ithaca, and largely through his own brilliant playing has the team gone through the season without a defeat. Collins...
...injured list does not present as serious an aspect as was first thought. Wallace has practically recovered from the blow received on the head, and King should soon recover from his strained leg muscle. An X-ray examination has shown that the injury to Gilman's ankle is not a fracture, but a sprain, and it is expected that he will be available for the last three games...
...England. This inexcusable act aroused great enthusiasm in America, and Lincoln made his first bad mistake by giving in to public opinion and not immediately sending the commissioners to England. The final result of the affair was that England made a formal demand, which was complied with--a blow to American prestige. In spite of this and other minor errors, Lincoln managed to keep the war confined to this continent, which to the his-toian seems a marvel...
...each may contribute to the creation of another opportunity for Harvard to open itself to the outside world. As it is, such opportunities are only too rare, and come late in college life. If it were not for the singing, there would be small excuse for a mere "blow out"; on the other hand, the incidental pleasures only serve as further stimulus for the choral work...