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...told with Homeric simplicity. A deep fatalism broods over the poem, but it is counteracted by a certain manliness. The poem was composed almost wholly by one man and with one definite aim in view. Two destinct strains are felt throughout, one military, one of the sea. Always is heard the clanging of armour, but in the back ground is the unceasing roar of the sea. These legends were sung or rather chanted to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. and together with the peculiar accent and alliteration of the poetry, their reading was made very impressive. Our ancestors were...
Harvard lost again to Yale at Hampden Park, Springfield, on Saturday by a score of 6 to 0. It was a magnificent game from start to finish and with the defeat comes the feeling of pride in the eleven which represented the college so nobly. Nothing but praise is heard for the honorable, scientific, straightforward game which the eleven put up. Considered in comparison with the games of the season it stands in striking contrast, while the work of the coaches during the past ten days has shown that Harvard has at last found graduates among her ranks...
...reigned among the Harvard supporters when it was seen that he had got there first and the ball was Harvard's. Mr. Moffitt was on the spot, and "Touchdown!" was what he said, but Harvard's hopes were dashed when the shrill note of Mr. Coffin's whistle was heard back at Yale's 20-yard line, and he announced that the ball was Yale's on account of interference with a fair catch. In vain Trafford protested that there was no one within yards of Butterworth when he muffed the ball. To the surprise of both Harvard and Yale...
...impression running about - an impression caused by utter ignorance of the team's playing - that Harvard's eleven was a poor one and not worth the confidence of the college, that feeling was effectually crushed by yesterday's enthusiastic send off. No one who saw that crowd or heard that cheering could have any question about the confidence the men felt in their team. They cheered as if they trusted the men they were cheering; there was no half-heartedness about...
...facts in the study of the social problems of the hour is the ambition of all earnest men. A short hour spent in listening to the facts presented by Mr. Hadley, will give more vivid and full information than much reading. At Yale last Spring, his address was heard by over five hundred students and was very enthusiastically received...