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...quite a parallel case near at hand; and those of us who are not over-gifted with the calm and tranquil mind, now and then regret the extinction of certain good old college customs, that have in times past, constrained the attention of our college Parliament in a similiar manner...
...game on Saturday, was of immense advantage to his team. Placed in a position where he could see everything and relieved from all the mental strain required of an actual player, he was able to coach and give the signs to his eleven in a most effective manner as well as to act as umpire. Mr. Adams, our umpire, did well in that capacity and did some excellent coaching, but he did not have the management of the team down to such a fine point as did Mr. Connor. We should like to suggest that the gentleman selected...
...crowd to jump over the ropes and towards the last of the match even stand within the fair lines so that several times they interfered with players running for fair balls. When appealed to to keep the people back they did so in such a listless, dont-care manner that the crowd paid scarcely any heed to them and did about as it pleased. The treasurer of the foot ball association ought to see that the police do their duty if they are to be paid for services as such and not as mere spectators of the games...
...spirit of jealousy, for all the upper classes wish well to the freshmen and look upon their efforts with an interest which almost equals their own. Nor was it a spirit of useless criticism which prompted our editorial but a desire to point out in a clear and forcible manner where their mistakes lay, and to show them that, as a part of the college, it is their duty to do their best if they intend to play foot ball, so that at the end of the season they may come out victors over their New Haven rivals...
...state of unusual bustle and activity, and to be rushing about the venerable streets of the Alma Mater in a style that savors either of fire or examination time. Anxious faces are to be seen peering nervously into every shop window, and consulting in a furtive manner memoranda of purchases to be accomplished post-haste, according to the directions of the inexorable bed-maker or landlady. Most unhappy of all appear the Freshmen who make their purchases under the supervision of an indulgent father, guardian, or uncle, and who seem to say by their conscious and almost guilty look...