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...programme instead of after it, as last year, so that Wendell did not run, as Jenkins was comparatively fresh for the 220 yds., and he could not afford to lose a point for the cup to a Columbia man, as Columbia was pressing us pretty hard just then; the race was won by E. A. Ballard, '81, University of Penn., in 53 4-5 sec., C. G. Wilson, '83, Princeton, finishing second. The other entries had all withdrawn. Sayre of Columbia, '81, took the mile-walk, in 7 min. 36 1/8 sec., W. H. Herrick, '82, Harvard, taking second place...
...well supported last Saturday: let this support continue, and we shall not feel ashamed of our record. We are sure that those who accompanied the Nine do not regret having done so. The cause of our defeat was very evident. Do not accuse us of attributing it to "hard luck." Mr. Folsom did not pitch with his usual skill, and by his wild pitches and Yale's heavy batting, the game was lost. Considering what a strong pitcher Mr. Hutchinson is, our Nine did very good work at the bat. We have no cause to feel discouraged, and are confident...
...Hard as coral is the heart...
...hard as coral"? Why has this poet forsaken that classic drudge, adamant? and why the abrupt transformation of a resisting person to one throwing darts? In the last line of all there is an abrupt descent from the sublime to the ridiculous, but then "gate" is an excellent rhyme for "mate." A little poem entitled "Crepusculum" attempts to describe the twilight season. In the second stanza the poet speaks...
...glassy" floor? A surface of hard sand is not well described by "glassy." To be sure, sand is a necessary ingredient of glass, could the poet have been thinking of any thing so practical. The stanza before the last is as follows...