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...very exciting game was played yesterday morning on Jarvis between tables from Cotters and Browns. The Cotters were victorious by a score of 19 to O. The following composed the teams : Cotter's : Keyes, Ayer, Hardy, F. S. Coolidge, Kuhn, Robbins, A. Coolidge, Keep, Russell, Loud, and Austin. Brown's : Sampson, Faulkner, Putnam, Hecksher, Buck, McKean, Tyler, De Veau, Clark, Wiestling, and Scott...
...into position until told to do so. The men must not be allowed to walk around hitching their pants, etc., but must stand bolt upright on the mark. Second, tell them to set themselves. Do not fire the pistol as you give the word 'set,' but keep your men until they are all as steady as statues. Then let them go. Every starter in this country has a different way of sending off his men, consequently the athletes do not know what to expect." [Turf, Field, and Farm...
...their duty, in order to gratify their fellow students, to march with the Republicans. Let them go with the Democrats unofficially also. This assuredly applies to the Law School, but of course no article on the subject could influence such an august body of men. However, let them keep silent in regard to the position of others. I repeat, it is the duty of every man who voted for a procession, and thereby showed his willingness for one, to oblige his fellow students by marching with them on October 30th...
...slow hunt" is that all the hounds are kept together in a companionable body until the "break," making it pleasanter for those running than to allow them to scatter at will. The flyers are thus restrained and the new men and those out of perfect training are able to keep up until the hunt is nearly over. From the break homewards is a good test of a man's endurance and speed, and the many close races to the finish keep up the spirits of the men and induce them to do their best. Forty or fifty hounds...
...long discourse on the first struggles and act of organization of our University. This document was written in 1642, and states that the first class of the college numbered nine students only. As soon as the pilgrims had roofs to shelter them and food to keep them alive, they turned their attention toward matters of education, and a bill was passed in 1636 by the General Court of Massachusetts to found a college. It was at this time, that it pleased God to stir up the heart of one John Harvard to leave the half of his fortune...