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...time for the intercollegiate and junior tournaments draws near, the important question arises whether the University will be able to maintain its unbroken record of victories. Two of the three men who composed last year's intercollegiate team have graduated, and, according to the rules, none of the team which won the junior tournament last year is eligible for that contest again. It is evident then that any fencer in the University, whether a member of the Fencing Club or not, has an excellent chance to make one of the teams this year. As a large number of candidates...
...subject as follows: "My hope is that self-respect or fear will make the offence almost impossible; for whoever cheats will know that he cheats, and will cheat with his eyes open to the result of detection: and my ultimate hope is a higher right for Harvard College to maintain that she stands for truth...
...junior team that won the open championship last spring in New York. Moreover, there is a great lack of new material. In view of these facts the members of the Fencing Club and every one in the University interested in fencing must exert every effort if Harvard is to maintain its high position this year. Both the intercollegiate championship, which has been held for four years, and the junior championship, which was instituted last year, must be defended against strong opponents. The latter is open to men who have never received prizes in fencing competitions. Thus, there are three places...
...present quarters in Newark, where its valuable library and relics are kept. Efforts have been made to have the society removed to Trenton, but the movement now on foot will probably meet with success. The offer made by the Princeton library is to the effect that the society maintain its separate existence, yet keep its collection of books and relics in the University library...
...into an extreme and false idea of our part as men; as if in straining to show ourselves men of the world we had arrived at a standard of false formality and "priggishness" which the world will not tolerate when it receives us after graduation. "By all means maintain the Harvard spirit of dignity and conservatism, but do not over...