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...Dublin university crew, and the British prime minister can now, at seventy-three, probably cut down more trees in a day than any merchant, banker, or professional man of his age in the city of New York, yet finds time to grapple with the most intricate and difficult problems of a territory twice as vast as the whole United States...
...called. Harvard won the toss and chose the west side of the field, from which a light wind was blowing. From the kick-off advantage seemed to turn in Harvard's favor and soon Cowling made a try-at-goal from a fair catch. The kick was extremely difficult and the ball passed a few feet outside the posts. Shortly after another trial was made but the ball rebounded from a Princeton rusher and was soon at the foot of our posts. In a maul-in-goal which followed, Kimball of Princeton secured the ball and scored a touch down...
...undoubtedly merits all the assistance that has been given to them so far. It is rather unfortunate for us that the contest should necessarily take place so early in the season, for while Princeton's season closes shortly we shall not see the end before Thanksgiving, and it was difficult to bring the team into the proper condition so long before the decisive struggle with Yale. Whether victory or defeat be ours in the game Saturday we confidently trust that the encouragement of the college will be even more freely game. Every particle of support is needed if the eleven...
...institution knows, from personal observation, that these figures are approximately correct. In the estimate just quoted, tuition is included, but since nearly one-half of the students are excused from paying it, more properly it should be deducted. Thus making the minimum $225, and the average $325. It is difficult to see what arrangement could be more reasonable or satisfactory than this. Nor does the present cost differ materially from that of ten years ago. There is only one item which has changed, viz., the price of rooms. In 1873, the highest rent charged in the College buildings...
...ridicule in the eyes of the other colleges, all of which played professional teams and had the services of professional coaches. Where the logic comes in adopt-such a course and yet retaining a professional gymnastic teacher and allowing a professional sparer to be in the gymnasium is difficult to comprehend. Yet the nine plays under professional rules and the games are umpired by professionals...