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...winner of three competitions, not necessarily consecutive. Each competition shall consist of a score of 20 clay birds, thrown at 5 angles, 16 yards rise. Ties shall be decided at 18 yards, straight-away, miss-and-out. No preliminary practice will be allowed before beginning the score, except at the discretion of the executive officer. Entries for the cup, 25 cents...
...head of the page, (it was the fourth page, by the way, where there are no illustrations) the unfamiliar title The Yale Quip. Not that the Quip is in any respect like the journal of which it is a manifest imitation, from title page to the last advertisement, except in its typographical work. For we must confess that the paper is a great disappointment. After hearing its praises heralded abroad by the News in such terms of flattery, we expected something better...
...many of our colleges the professors are treated in an arrogant, dictatorial way that cannot be commended. It tends to destroy their self-respect and to render them detain. The students should understand that it is not their business to supervise the morals or manners of professors, except in the class-room. If the professors are made to feel that they themselves are the arbiters of their own actions, and that they are looked upon by the students as gentlemen and scholars, a higher tone will soon begin to prevail among them. Acts of disorder-such as the "marking down...
...hopes of the organizers of the league were not realized. Our proximity to Boston, the traditional customs of some of the societies, and other influences were too strong to be overcome by a rush, and few men joined the society, except those who were already total abstainers. These unhappy conditions continue to such an extent, that, I think, a man who sees no harm to himself in a glass of wine or a mug of beer, should sacrifice his own pleasure for the sake of influencing by his example those who are, perhaps, sacrificing their chances for even respectable success...
...exercise the scientific game of base ball is indinitely inferior to tennis. In a good game all teh players except the pitcher, catcher and striker are inactive most of the time. The more skillful the game, the less exercise it furnishes. If base ball is to be played for exercise, we must encourage poor playing. The slower the pitching, the wilder the throwing, and the more frequent the muffing, with consequent increase of batting, base running and muddling, the better will the game be adapted for that purpose...