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...late successes on the foot-ball field, together with the near prospect of a game with Yale, has awakened a lively interest in foot-ball throughout the College. It is well known that Harvard declined to join the Association of Colleges, owing to the radical difference of our rules from those of the various other colleges. Though in so doing we laid ourselves open to criticism, yet an impartial observer must assent on consideration to the expediency of our decision. We did not in the least assert that our rules were the best; nor, as a Yale paper unjustly remarked...
...Well, Bob," replied his chum after a pause, "it seems to me you are an example of a class of fellows here to whom, on account of their inactivity and lack of interest in everything after they have got into the societies and clubs, is largely due the defeats which Harvard has been receiving for the last three or four years...
...tell you, Bob, about a week before the College Regatta our men begin to take the interest which should be felt now, and all the time; and until it is felt, Harvard will have to stay in the Convention and be beaten every year. As I said before, the majority of fellows here don't take any interest in athletics, don't care for politics, don't read, won't study, and can't even talk outside the limited tether of college elections, gossip, the theatre, the lightest reading of the Saturday Evening Gazette, and the funny columns...
...single student who, if he desired to see a game, would be unwilling to pay fifty cents on the spot. Receiving immediate returns for his expenditure, he would appreciate its full value. And if the Base-Ball Nine and the Athletic Association were allowed, when anything of interest was going on, to charge a fee for the use of seats, and if the seats were allowed to remain on the field during term time, - being taken down at the end of the college year, - our sporting interests would be far more prosperous, and subscription lists would cease...
...papers; and, while such writers must rely entirely on self-training, they are obliged to improve as much as they can by the necessity of reaching a certain standard of excellence. Other good writers are encouraged by the Faculty to substitute for their forensics theses on subjects that interest them more and require more originality and skill in discussion...