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...would be much used, especially by the men of '80 and '81. There was much work to be done before autumn, when two or more games would be played in Canada, and four or five here in Cambridge; Yale especially was a dangerous rival. The team would probably consist of fifteen men; the question would be decided at the May meeting of the Captains from Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Harvard. Probably no association would be formed. As to trophies, the balls used at the match-games were not satisfactory for exhibition; and he therefore proposed a prize-flag for every...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FOOT-BALL MEETING. | 3/22/1878 | See Source »

PROFESSOR NORTON and Professor Palmer propose to give at the Hawthorne Rooms, Warren Building, Park Street, courses of readings in English from Dante's "Divine Comedy" and Homer's "Odyssey." The courses will consist of twelve readings each, and will begin early in March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/11/1878 | See Source »

...independence does not involve the folly attributed to it, in what does it consist? In two things: in fearlessly acting in accordance with the dictates of a manly conscience with absolute disregard to popular opinion, and in fearlessly speaking whenever there is a principle at issue. Foibles should be cheerfully tolerated, but not immorality. If, for example, when that amiable idiot Hollis Holworthy (now well known through the Lampoon) is talking like a "Harvard man" about how he is going to be "as full as a goat" to-night, etc., etc., some one would delicately but intelligibly intimate that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "CONCEIT vs. CUSTOM." | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

...Norton the Divine Comedy on Tuesdays, Mr. Palmer the Odyssey on Wednesdays, and Mr. Bocher parts of Moliere on Fridays. The programme speaks for itself, embodying as it does the great works of Rome, Italy, Greece, and, last of all, France. The readings are one hour long, and consist of translations, with what few introductory and explicative remarks may be necessary for a full understanding of the subject, and offer one the best possible opportunity to renew his acquaintance with some authors, perhaps neglected of late, or to make fresh acquaintances in new fields. It would probably be difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 10/12/1877 | See Source »

...Committee of Athletic Sports shall consist of three members, who must be graduates or undergraduates of the Colleges belonging to the Association. The President of the Association shall be Chairman of the Committee, the other two members to be elected at the Annual Meeting by the marking list, as set forth in Cushing's Manual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. | 6/1/1877 | See Source »

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