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...wish to call the attention of the gymnasium management to the poor condition of the bowling alleys. These alleys are used a great deal, enough surely to warrant keeping them in good repair. We have heard, however, numerous complaints about them. The pins are badly shattered, and the balls, such as they are, are too few to go around when all the alleys are in use. At a slight expense the alleys could be greatly improved, much to the delight of the many bowlers in college...
...company next heard from Perry Trafford '89, an address, admirable in itself, and additionally strong as coming from him. Thanking the college for its support to the foot-ball team, and the second eleven for its service, he ended by advocating a carefully trained second nine...
...foot ball whenever they pleased, but the fact that certain persons have seen fit to characterize the proposed game as practically a championship game between Harvard and Princeton, seemed to change the conditions, seemed to change the conditions entirely. We were not astonished in the least when we heard that the Harvard men had given up the trip, for it was no part of the intention of those who thought of going to play at New York, to set themselves up as the Harvard eleven; when this name was forced upon them, the only thing for them...
...happen once in a dozen games, and they are of very short duration. The rules strictly prohibit any "scrapping," or the use of the hands to keep a player off the ball; hence injuries to players are few. Such occurrences as broken legs and noses are never heard of. The game is very first, the ball travelling from one end of the field to the other, either by the combined efforts of the forward line or the heavy kicking of the defence men. The spectators are continuously kept on the alert, and excitement in a close game is intense...
...have heard not a few men ask when and where the congratulation dinner to the foot ball team will take place; for it seems to be a foregone conclusion that such a dinner would be appropriate. Last year we had a dinner for the purpose of increasing the interest in foot ball, and it was a signal success; a dinner, now that something has been done, would be even more beneficial. The interests of Harvard are now too widely scattered; graduates and undergraduates do not understand one another well enough, and a great gathering as at a dinner, always bears...