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Tennis players should not fail to attend some of the games on the Longwood grounds this week...
...accumulated ruins of six cities. The third of these buried cities is supposed to be ancient Troy because it shows signs of having been destroyed by fire. In conclusion, Prof. Goodwin hoped that the first expedition sent from the New World to explore the Old World would not fail on account of lack of aid. He thought there might still lie buried in Greece treasures as rich as any yet discovered...
...encouraged and implored, by turns, to vanquish Yale, but all to no purpose. Something must be done, and that before the coming game. Why not make the admission of the freshman class to the tree on class day conditional on their defeat of Yale? When all other means fail, a direct appeal to their own interest like this may perhaps affect them...
...show the Harvards to be the best prepared college team. But playing professional teams, in which the collegians have nothing to lose and everything to win, is a very different thing from playing for the championship, when both sides become unnerved by anxiety in regard to the result, and fail to play in the good form they show against the professionals. The coolest team of the three rivals - Harvard, Yale and Princeton - will win the first game of the series they play together. - [N. Y. World...
...ephemeral, but lasting. While the general interest here seems to be in creasing, it seems strange that more active interest is not displayed. The managers of the club have shown considerable and commendable activity in getting the members together, arranging meets, etc., but the members of the club fail to respond, and the meets are poorly attended. Let us hope that more active interest will be shown in this matter, and that the far-famed Harvard indifference may not extend its blighting influence to this branch of our athletic sports...