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...believe there will be any great difficulty in getting this number of names; in fact we should be very much surprised if only forty-nine men went. The foot ball team has worked hard this year, harder, perhaps, than in any former year. The chances against them have been difficult to overcome, but no one will deny that they have struggled manfully, although unsuccessful, to overcome them. The more important the game, the better the team plays. We have only to think of the gallant fight made in the Princeton game, to assure us that every man on the team...
...railway union, which embraces most of the German roads and some in Austria and Holland. Among the business and social questions are rates, competition, railroad legislation, strikes, granger movements and railroad commissions. The course is conducted mainly by lectures; but there are free discussions on all knotty problems or difficult questions, and in addition original thesis work is encouraged by the instructor. The purpose of the course is to give the American citizen a correct knowledge of one of the most important factors of modern civilization...
...hands of the men, making it very uncomfortable. The air, however, was bracing and favorable to the briskest kind of motions. Mr. Adams, and Mr. Waldo Fuller, '83, were coaching the two teams as up and down the field they made their slippery way. Running and dodging were difficult feats to perform. Tackling was easy and better than previously. Falling on the ball was made attractive by the soft covering of snow which hid from view the hard ground. Burgess did some capital work and promises to give a good account of himself in the Yale game, if not injured...
...Porter missed a goal. After sharp playing Porter made a touchdown, and again missed a goal. Bancroft in a few minutes made the third touchdown from which Porter again failed to score. Thomas was the next lucky man; he made a free catch from which Woodman kicked a very difficult goal. Just before the end of the first half. Boston was forced to make a safety, making the score 19 to 0 against them. The playing in the second half began loosely, but Homans making a fine rush touched the ball down behind the Boston boys' goal, and Woodman again...
...recognize fully the difficult situation of the present committee, for, do what it will, it cannot please everyone. And yet we have spoken thus frankly because the situation seems to demand it, for the only actions taken by the Committee last year. were unfortunate in every way. If the present Committee, with its popularity among the students, and its personal interest in the welfare of the college cannot solve this problem, we confess that we are in despair of any further faculty regulation...