Word: former
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wait till the evidence is all in and sifted before casting off an old friend and falling into the arms of an old enemy. I earnestly hope that someone will reply to these inquiries and put us entirely in the wrong, but as a graduate of Harvard, a former member of university teams, a friend to Princeton and fair play, I feel I have the right to voice the sentiment and questioning of many men of Harvard, who, with the stories and facts as now presented, cannot help feeling that the smart of defeat, despite protests to the contrary...
...action of the college at the mass meeting last evening needs little comment. There were two distinct issues before the students, one based on the past, the other on the future; but only in the former was any binding action taken. Harvard has decided to withdraw unconditionally from the football league, and this is as it should be. By so doing she has put herself on record as the champion of purity in intercollegiate athletics. Whatever may be the result of her action, she has assumed of her own accord an independent position which cannot successfully be challenged...
...Barnes, Jr., '88, W. D. Clark, '89, and F. C. Cobb, '90, who is now in the Medical school, all former presidents of the CRIMSON, withessed Saturday's game...
...Oxford-Cambridge chess match was won by the former, 7 games to 3. The annual contest was instituted in 1873, and Cambridge is now four matches and ten games ahead...
...Professional Schools can be gathered. The Law School shows quite a gain in numbers over last year while the Medical department has more than doubled the number of two years ago. In the Divinity School the gain is not quite so marked but there is a slight increase over former years. A movement is now on foot to establish a Musical Department here. A committee has been appointed to solicit the necessary funds and the prospects are good that the plan will be carried...