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...experiment that has much to commend it. It conclusively proves that Harvard College takes a direct and official interest in the question of physical as well as intellectual education of those under her care. The conditions of the offer are particularly well devised to promote excellence in this branch of education, as well as to stimulate a healthy interest in athletic exercises in quarters where such interest has heretofore lain dormant. The donor of the prizes should be thanked for the wisdom and appropriateness of his gift...
...professional nine; all that the nine itself professes to care about, and certainly all that most of us want it to do, is to maintain a high position among college nines. Any other ambition, except to stand well in comparison with college competitors, is undesirable in any branch of athletics, for it tends sooner or later to turn sports into means of money-making. The death blow to college athletics is much more likely to come from professionalism than from faculty interference." This opinion it seems to us is gradually spreading in our colleges. It certainly is beginning...
...college curriculum. As matters now stand, only a few men go into elocution, and the sections are small. Even with but one instructor, a far larger number of students would find it much to their profit to make the most of the advantages now afforded in this branch of a full and rounded education...
...know that the newly adopted regime will inevitably make itself felt before long, unless we have pride and perseverance enough of our own to fight against all obstacles. Hitherto Columbia has always been our recognized rival for the cup, and Yale has exhibited a singular indifference to this branch of sports. Now the advent of a new opponent promises to render the issue closer and more exciting, and our self-assurance stands in need of a good winter's work...
...these three departments, which they may be unwilling to do. If, however, an honor course in Natural Science were established which should allow courses under all three of the above departments to be taken, this difficulty would be obviated, and men who had done good work in this great branch of science would obtain at graduation the recognition which they deserved...