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...sparring in the last athletic meeting was open to no objection except from those who object to having any sparring whatever at the meetings. The contestants were cautioned not to indulge in much hard hitting, and the result showed that no one lost by this restraint. The hissing by some of the decision given by gentlemen who have been kind enough to act as judges in our sports, was as ungentlemanly as it was uncalled for, and we were glad to see that the majority of the audience showed their condemnation of it by their applause...
NOTES.The freshmen made a remarkably good showing all through, though they won no event except the fencing. They had fourteen entries, a record which evinces a determination to make '86 a notable class in Harvard athletics...
...latter no reply has been received, and we venture to say that, if Yale had accepted the former, there would have been a close and exciting race. Harvard and Yale claim to hold the first positions in boating on the sole basis of declining to row any races except those between themselves. As long as they hold this position of exclusiveness, it cannot be definitely proved that they are not entitled to the pre-eminence they arrogate. - [University Magazine (Penn...
...Sorbonne, erected in 1629 by Cardinal Richelieu, all the lectures are open to the public, except a few, styled conferences, to which only those are admitted who have acquired a baccalaureat or some other degree...
...article in the last Crimson on the college fields seems to point to a gloomy future for our athletics. "When all the fields except Jarvis are taken up for building purposes," bewails the Crimson, "there will be no class nines, no cricket, no lacrosse, very little tennis" and "a handful of good athletes will play base-ball in the spring and foot-ball in the autumn, and that will be all." This is certainly a gloomy prospect. But even at the worst we should hardly be reduced to this, as a large part of Holmes field is unfit for building...