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...freshmen. Instead of dropping the dead languages and mathematics, as many thought would be the case, when elective was substituted for prescribed work in the first year, it is a significant fact that these studies are by far the most popular. Latin stands at the head of the list, with 196 students; then comes Greek with 163, and Mathematics with 141; and the number of freshmen whose choice includes all these studies is 83. The Dean, in commenting on this says, "the freshmen were strongly urged to make their selection of studies with the utmost care, seeking the best advice...
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...features of the meeting were, to say the least, unique. In the first place, the athletes of Cornell are not contented with winning mere empty honors, or even with receiving the customary medals for proficiency in their chosen specialties,-as may be seen from a glance at the prize list, on which appear clocks, statuary, silk umbrellas, easy chairs, and books without number. This method of rewarding athletic excellence may, at the first glance, seem rather peculiar, but, we are sure, a closer inspection of the system will reveal some points of excellence which are not to be found...
Individual tugs-of-war, with unlimited weights, have been added to the list of events in the winter games at Yale...
...games or contests which have proved long lived and respectable, (The italics are our own.) like cricket, tennis, fencing, shooting at a mark, rowing, sailing, hunting, jumping, and racing on foot, horseback, or bicycle, involve any bodily collision between the contestants." The president, in omitting base ball from this list, does not say, unfortunately, whether he places the game among the new, or the disreputable sports. His opinion, however, can be conjectured from the fact that bicycle riding is put on his list. This omission of base ball may, of course, have been accidental on the president's part...