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...secretary of the H. A. A. has given notice that the entries for the first winter meeting will close tonight. There seems to be some danger that those men intending to enter may forget the regulation in regard to physical examination. For their benefit, therefore, we reprint in another column the standing rule as passed by the athletic committee. It will be noticed by the text of this regulation that disregard of it will bring upon the offender a severe penalty. Owing to this stringency, there seems to be little danger that the rule hereafter will not work itself...
...captain of the Mott Haven team has given a call in another column for candidates for the tug-of-war team. Laying aside the consideration that Harvard is opposed to the tug-of-war as a college sport, we still have the plain fact before us that, by refusing to contest in it this year, we should deliberately lessen our chances for the Mott Haven Cup. We cannot afford to lessen these chances for victory; and for that reason the captain is making every effort to put a winning tug-of-war team in the field. The duty...
...column covered with inscriptions of great value has been unearthed at Rome. It commemorates the games held every ten years, and there is also upon it an ode by Horace...
...current issue of Harper's Weekly, in its column for amateur sport, discussed Harvard's athletic position at some length; and, among other things, it accuses of gross inconsistency the Committee on the Regulation of athletic sports. It says "Why, when the athletic team has been permitted to disport itself outside the hallowed precincts of New England, the base ball nine should not be granted equal privilege is not entirely clear." The article goes on to state that this decision from the Athletic Committee has proved the New England rule to be a mere blind...
...another column is given something further regarding the growth at Harvard of the University Extension movement. The spirit which prompts this work has, perhaps, been somewhat latent at Harvard until a short time ago. That it has now, however, shown itself plainly is an indication that the workers, with such earnestness as they are displaying, are bound to accomplish their object. This object the writer in the last. Advocate has clearly defined: "Above all and through all the idea is to broaden university life, and to put the University in its proper place in relation to the men and women...