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...inserted in the college papers, the men were brought out to practice as regularly as the matter would permit, and challenges were sent to all the neighboring clubs. The fall season is necessarily short, as we do not get back until the first of October and cannot possibly play later than November 1st, and also, it invariably takes a week or more to get started. Still, last fall we succeeded in playing three matches - one with the club at Lawrence, Mass., which we won; and with the Longwood Club of Boston, and St. Paul's Club, both of which...
...been fitted with the one object of entering Harvard in view, as have those from the large schools. As a result the men from the schools manage to get through a large part of the freshman work on the strength of their fit. It is not until the later years that a man's natural ability comes entirely into play. He is then, however, allowed to take courses for which he is well prepared, and hence gets the full benefit of them...
...facts in regard to the beginnings of various athletic organizations in the college. In 1850 the first University Crew was formed, and in 1850 they rowed their first race with Yale. In 1857 the crew first introduced systematic training. The University Nine was organized in 1863, and ten years later, in 1873, foot-ball and track athletics were introduced. Since then we have been given the lacrosse and cricket teams...
...speak of have been put in since the room was first fitted up. There can be found there pictures neither of the crews, nines or foot-ball teams of the past two years. Of course such things can be much more easily furnished now than they will be later, and it seems as if somebody should take the responsibility of action in the matter. Whether the responsibility lies with any one individual or organization, or whether each organization is expected to furnish its own pictures and trophies we do not know. The Athletic Association have been careful about putting...
...recent fire in the Cambridge car-shops, in Dunster street, one of the engineers wanted help in raising a ladder, and, seeing a man standing on the sidewalk near by, he called to him, "Here, you, give us a lift." The man responded with alacrity, and a moment later when the engineer took a better look at him he discovered that his assistant was President Eliot of Harvard University. An apology was begun, but the president graciously declared it was all right and he was only too glad to be of any assistance. Who will say after this that Harvard...