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...regret to learn that, after several weeks of consideration, Yale has decided not to accept our challenge to a joint Athletic Meeting in the spring. The idea seemed one which, if it had been carried out, would have succeeded in putting the track athletics of both colleges on a firm basis, and consequently we cannot too deeply deplore the unfavorable reply of our sister college. The zeal of our athletes must not be relaxed in any way, however, as we still have to defend our claim to the championship cup, and we shall need quite as much careful preparation...
...Fell has sprained his elbow-joint...
With this joint committee, therefore, rests the final decision of this important question, and we are confident that the committee will be influenced by no uneasy desire for a change, but will decide according to the best interests of Harvard. The meeting last night from beginning to end showed a strong desire to adopt whatever course was most honorable for the College, and the discussion was carried on in a frank and generous manner...
...Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite. Will the whole Finance-Ministers and Upholsterers and Confectioners of modern Europe undertake, in joint-stock company, to make one Shoeblack HAPPY? They cannot accomplish it, above an hour or two; for the Shoeblack also has a Soul quite other than his Stomach; and would require, if you consider it, for his permanent satisfaction and saturation, simply this allotment, no more and no less: God's infinite Universe altogether to himself...
...carry out this scheme a joint-stock company is forming with shares at $5 apiece. Shareholders will be entitled to the use of the cable free. All others will be charged fair rates, and no discount. It would be a pity if the plan should fail for want of money. Any one can save five dollars' worth of shoes and doctor's bills in a winter by the aid of the cable. We are not definitely informed, but it is rumored that the projectors of this enterprise...