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...represent their states in the convention, and they have almost all accepted. The complete list of men finally agreed upon by the committee will be published in a few days. All the state delegations are in, with the exception of three or four states, which will probably be heard from today. The committee have been especially desirous of getting men who really live in the states which they are to represent in the convention. This has been very difficult in a few instances because there are not enough men in the University from some of the distant states to fill...
...confusion caused by the other players calling upon the different men to catch it. This ought never to happen again. The players ought to understand that it is the captain's place to call out who is to take the ball, and if his voice alone is heard there will be no confusion. When two men start for a high fly, the one calling out "I have it" should be allowed to take the ball, and should be reassured by such words as "Take it" from the other player. Such signals will prevent a recurrence of the discouraging mistakes...
...George W. Douglas, D. D., of New Haven, conducted the service in Appleton Chapel last evening, taking as his text Acts 26, 14: "I heard a voice speaking unto me, Saul, Saul, it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks," and Timothy IV, 6: "I am now ready to be offered...
...Harriet Beecher Stowe were stirring the consciences of mankind against slavery. The words of William Lloyd Garrison were engraved upon the memories of Harvard men. The news of John Brown's raid had startled the land, and now the echo of the guns fired at Fort Sumter was heard. On Bloody Monday, 1862, the campaign was begun, which ended with the battle of Antietam, and for the result of which Lincoln was waiting to issue his proclamation of emancipation. Such were the circumstances under which the class of '66 entered college...
...Storey said that when he recalled his college career the scenes which he remembered best were those when news from the war was heard. Very often the newspapers contained accounts of battles and lists of Harvard men who had died for their country. Thirty years ago, on Good Friday night, Lincoln was assassinated. All day long the bells in Cambridge tolled, announcing his death. On the day that General Lee surrendered the college gave a holiday to celebrate the good news. At the Commencement of that year Lowell read for the first time his "Commemoration...