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...intended to cover the two limited cases above, and that is all. Perhaps the word was badly selected to express our meaning, but we thought it would be generally understood. The committee is acting solely with the desire to make Class Day as pleasant as possible, and to that end we ask that tickets be given to seniors' friends, and to them only. We do not wish to curtail any one's rights to give tickets to his friends, for that is what the ticketsare for. On the contrary we wish to make the enjoyment of the use of those...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 6/1/1888 | See Source »

...ignorance among those in authority. Army officers were appointed who knew nothing of military operations, and were far surpassed in knowledge, capacity, and even intelligence by many of the privates; the movement of parts of the army was delayed for days for lack of proper orders; at the end of long marches the soldiers found that no preparation had been made for feeding them, and a large body of men had to given leave of absence upon their arrival in Paris because there was no means of taking care of them otherwise. Professor Cohn's descriptions of the events which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Cohn's Reminiscences. | 6/1/1888 | See Source »

Toward the end of the match Tailer and Snow played loosely, and seemed discouraged by their adversaries' lead. Lee and Tallant, on the other hand, played a strong, steady game through-out, and Lee's play was especially noticeable in this respect. Snow played the most brilliant game, while Tailor's underhand strokes were very effective, and Lee and Tallant did some good placing. All four men played close to the net and volleyed a great deal. In the second set Tailer and Snow tried lobbing over their opponents' heads with good effect, but in the third most...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis. | 6/1/1888 | See Source »

...delination of character "The Barber's Romance" is successful to the end. Pride and self-assertion compromised by marriage is the theme. But beside others, the story has this additional merit, that, as the writer says-and no one after reading would attempt to contradict him-the plot is founded on facts. The reader finishes the story with nothing but pity for the poor, insulted little Frenchman, brought by love to mediocrity; and is forced for a time on this one phase of life so well depicted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 5/29/1888 | See Source »

...seventh inning, the score was a tie and, at the end of the eighth, it stood 8 to 7 in favor of Yale. In the first of the ninth Corning tied the score again, making a run on an error by Hedges, and a base hit by Cummings. Yale then came to the bat for the last time, feeling very confident of victory. McClintock took his base on balls, stole second, took third on player's choice, came home on Parker's base hit, and the game was lost. Crosby played very well for Harvard: Huntington did the best word...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale '91, 9; Harvard '91, 8. | 5/28/1888 | See Source »