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...meet by representatives and agree on some simple restrictions which will admit of our receiving all the benefits which may be had from manly exercises, of which we highly approve, without their incidental evils. I propose that Harvard, as the oldest of our number, be invited to take the lead in this matter and call us together, and I for one will feel bound by the decision come to. I have taken this initiatory step solely because I am now one of the oldest, if not the oldest, of the presidents interested...
...city of New York men were uniformly light, and McElven, the anchor, the smallest and slightest of the four. The Columbia men were middle-weight. At the sound of the pistol, Both teams fell like lead to the floor, with Columbia slightly in the advantage. For an instant the red ribbon at the middle of the rope failed to budge, and then it just peered out of the snap on the Columbia side. At the end of the first minute Columbia had just about half an inch, and, although the City of New York's boys pulled sturdily, and their...
...Lead, Kindly Light," Dudley Buck...
...choir. Dr. Peabody in his short prayer then spoke of the fitness of such an hour of quiet retreat, in which our hard, intellectual life may be softened by an appeal to our emotional nature. The 39th psalm was then read. Following this was Buck's superb "Lead, Kindly Light," sung by the Temple Quartet. Dr. Gordon then read the 19th psalm, upon which he founded his address. He urged very forcibly that only by the emotional feeling life can man achieve great nobleness. The intellectual life is much, but it is not all. Through music and by music...
...thus able to score. This enabled her in the second half to keep hold of the ball and play a defensive game, while our men had to give up all defensive tactics, and pursue the offensive as the only chance of scoring, while Princeton, by means of the lead, was able to keep the lead. As every one who saw the '86-'88 class game last year must remember, it is very hard work for an eleven to play an up-hill game and win it. The following extract from the Princetonian will show what the Princeton men thought...