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...wanting at the meeting yesterday afternoon. To begin with, the weather was unfavorable. The afternoon was cold and raw and the heavy rains for the two days before had left the track in a deplorable condition, - any attempt at fast time being practically out of the question. There were certain regrettable flaws in the conduct of the meeting, - no announcing, for instance, being done at any time. The crowd which gathered to see the games was small - Harvard's delegation of thirty or more supporters making a good showing in the cheering. It was to be deprecated, also, that...
...faculty of Leland Stanford University has demanded the resignation of the editors of the college monthly magazine, the "Palo Alto," owing to certain articles published...
...recent class games have afforded rather unfortunate preparation for the game with Yale this afternoon. While in the class games there is an unwritten code permitting a certain amount of howling and rattling, it becomes an entirely different matter when the contest is with visitors. The freshmen and the college at large too must remember that Harvard treats her opponent like gentlemen, and that all of the practices which were permissible in class games must be absolutely forbidden this afternoon. There may, indeed there must be cheering, and cheering which is enthusiastic; this will encourage the home team. In order...
While we have thus far merely considered the trouble that is apt to arise from the mislaying or miscarriage of books which have been handed in, there always exists that possibility, yes, even probability, that certain men will forget to hand in their blue books at all. This has been pointed out so often and so forcibly that it is needless to dwell on it here. What we do advocate is that the college authorities, beginning with this year's final examinations, shall eliminate with the present chances for serious mistakes, by providing the blue books at the time...
There is always danger, however, that anything like this will be carried too far, and the game yesterday went to show that a halt should be called already. Certain means of rattling the players, testing their coolness and nerve are perfectly legitimate; but let the interference stop there. After all, the object is to see which team can play the better and steadier game, and any practices which prevent a team from playing its best (beyond the practices of legitimate rattling) are distinctly to be discouraged. Using mirrors to throw the sunlight into the players' eyes, a practice which...