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...percentage of 41 8-10 of the whole class. In 1894 the entering class consisted of 567 members, with 270 from states other than Massachusetts. The percentage of outsiders in this case was 47 6-10. So far the statistics seemed satisfactory enough, showing as they did, a gain of nearly 6 per cent in the outside representation of the University. Going a little further, however, I discovered that of the 692 men who entered in the fall of 1899, only 321, or 46 3-10 per cent, came from without the state. Here was a decrease...
Harvard showed that the preservation of the Chinese empire would mean war for the United States; that a single war would precipitate international war; that the commercial gain was not sufficiently great; and that the United States was under no moral obligation to China...
Suppose A to have kicked off and put ball in play and B secures the ball and makes say 50 yards. Why should B lose what he gained because A was off-side? If anything, his gain should be increased. Suppose A to be holding or infringing the rules in any way and B makes a touchdown. Why should B suffer...
...which in the opinion of the umpire did not affect the play the offended side may decline the penalty. In case of a run being made from this play not more than fifteen yards from the spot where the foul was committed shall be allowed." Why limit B's gain because A is off-side...
Gierasch then took Sawin's place Sharpe caught Burnett's next kick off on the twenty-yard line and run fifteen yards. Yale could not gain and Hale punted to Fincke, who ran ten yards to the middle of the field. Gierasch made a three-yard end run, and then Stillman punted to Yale's forty-yardline. Bloomer and Hale made three yards, and Hale punted to Harvard's thirty-yard line, Stillman fumbled the ball, but Fincke recovered it. An exchange of punts and a twenty-yard run by Fincke gave Harvard the ball on her thirty-five yard...