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...first half with the score fifteen to ten in Harvard's favor, prospects seemed bright for a victory; but after Harvard made a safety in the second half the game was decided, for from that time forward Princeton raised the score in a remarkable manner. At only one point in the game did Princeton lose confidence; after Harvard had made her first lucky touchdown five minutes after play began she came up to the game with renewed vigor, and proceeded to rush the ball down behind Harvard's goal for a touchdown; after Trafford's goal from the field...
...thus far are sufficient evidence of their conscientious work today. It is to the students, rather than to the eleven that we make our appeal. The game we had with Princeton in '88 clearly demonstrates the value of systematic cheering. We must cheer today, and that in an organized manner. Princeton has boasted in these columns of her power to send an eleven which will be "able to play the game out," we must prove our ability to cheer our team to an honorable victory...
...article entitled "Training the Yale Eleven" by H. W. Beecher was published in the supplement of the last number of Harper's Weekly. The writer gives a detailed account of the manner of picking out and training the men and explains the various duties that are incumbent upon each candidate for the team. He says that by training not only is perfection in physical condition sought after, but also team play. The first is easily attained but the difficulty lies in the latter. The idea of brilliant individual play must first be eliminated; they must realize that eleven men working...
Every year sees valuable additions to the lectures of our university, and at no time have these additions been more numerous than at present. Among others, during the coming winter an interesting course will be given on German Literature which will cover in a cursory manner the whole ground of German Literature from the middle ages down to the present century, dwelling most emphatically on the most striking features of this development. By way of pointing out the relation of the literary life of the people to their society and politics it is intended that the lectures shall comprehend...
...class certificates were awarded at the close of the year, certifying that they had during the previous year "pursued a course of study equivalent in amount and quality to that for which the degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred in Harvard college," and had "passed in a satisfactory manner examinations on that course corresponding to the college examinations." At the same time, on the recommendation of the Committee of Classical Instructors of Harvard college, certificates were given to one candidate for final honors in classics, and to two candidates for second year honors in classics...