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...them. Not wishing to begin a discussion so early in the year, I wrote in reply, that, owing to the very undeveloped state of our nine, it seemed best to leave all definite arrangements until later on. The next word from New Haven came in a letter dated March 24, asking for a conference at Springfield. In reply, I wrote as follows...
...their side, the usual game will be played at New Haven on the twenty-fourth of next month. If, on the contrary, the Harvard freshmen decide that the time has come for a stop to Yale encroachments, the game will probably be abandoned and the Yale freshmen can march to their fence in peace. The attitude of the upper-class men at Harvard is not at all a matter of doubt ; they look to the freshmen to claim their rights regardless of consequences. Whether '87 is willing to give up the game or play the game on any conditions...
...historical course was continued last evening in Sanders. Despite the very rainy evening a good audience turned out to hear Gen. A. B. Underwood lecture on Sherman's campaign to capture Atlanta and his subsequent march...
Burning all his stores there he abandoned it and Sherman at once marched in. The first object of Sherman was attained. In four months with a loss of only 30,000 men he had captured Atlanta, fought a crafty foreman and overcome many natured difficulties. Johnston and Hood had lost 35,000 men. Sherman refitted his army and rested for a month. Mean while Hood began to attack his communications toward Chattanooga. Sherman moved back after him and repaired the railways destroyed. In this manner, one chasing the other, the two armies had almost reached the starting point again. After...
General A. B. Underwood will lecture this evening under the auspices of the Harvard Historical Society, on "Shaman's March through Georgia...