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...most important event of the last month in college life at Princeton was the joint debate with Harvard held on March 27th. Great interest was manifested in it both by the students and faculty, and it was clearly shown that the interest in literary contests is not inferior to that of athletics. A very large audience was present, and close attention was paid to the speakers, who were frequently applauded. While the result was not what Princeton had hoped for, every one who heard the debate was satisfied that the decision of the judges was eminently just. The arguments advanced...
...first preliminary debate to choose speakers for the contest with Yale will be held this week in the Whig and Cliosophic Societies. A large number of men have entered these trials, almost double the number that entered the preliminaries for the Harvard debate, and, judging by the interest shown and the preparations that are being made, the contest will be a good...
With Harvard's chances in athletics for this spring so uncertain, it is to be hoped that she will not be hampered by finding any member of any of the teams on probation. Whether probation takes him from active training merely, or from an important contest, no able athlete should incur it, however lightly he may count the penalty which he himself has to pay. We speak here only of the athlete, for it is not our purpose to lay down any of the general principles of common sense no less than of morality, which condemn the wholesale neglect...
...half and fullback of next year's Yale eleven, who are not at present taking part in any other branch of athletics. The work, which is to consist of kicking and catching, will begin today and continue for about three weeks. If the number of men warrant it a contest will be held at the end and four prizes will be given. The centre rushes and quarterbacks, who have been working for two weeks past, will be kept a while longer to give them an opportunity of practising with the backs...
Oxford has now won twenty-nine and Cambridge twenty-two races since the series began, the contest in 1877 resulting in a dead heat...