Word: correctly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...June number of the Monthly opens with two articles on journalism and its relation to the college. The first contains some good advice and may, perhaps, be a correct representation of the feeling of newspaper men toward college graduates, but we think that the writer is mistaken when he speaks of the spirit of intolerance at Harvard toward journalism. Harvard has not given any of her energy to the training of men for journalistic work simply because there has never been a strong demand for education in this particular field. The real basis of the antagonism is clearly seen...
...stated in the Times of this morning that Mrs. Pierrepont had given $125,000 to Yale University for the erection of a memorial building in memory of our son, who died in Rome three years ago. There is no foundation for the statement, and will you promptly correct the error, in justice to the unknown donor, and relieve us from the unpleasantness of being credited with a great honor to which we have not the smallest right. EDWARDS PIERREPONT...
...Whereas, We are in entire accord with the Board of Overseers and the Faculty in their endeavor to correct any abuses that may have arisen in connection with athletic contests...
...Whereas, In the opinion of this club to prohibit undergraduates from taking part in intercollegiate athletics would not tend to correct the alleged abuses, but would be an unwise step, detrimental to the best interests of the undergraduates and the college; and that such abuses, if they exist, are not likely to be cured simply by confining the contests to the New England States...
...game. W. Price's errors in particular, were very costly and resulted in several runs for the home team. About 2,000 spectaters witnessed the game. Mr. McLean umpired the game and his decisions on bases were very satisfactory. His decisions on balls and strikes, however, were far from correct, but he was impartial, favoring Harvard no more than he did Princeton...