Word: notes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Under "Topics of the Day," the Advocate discusses "The Removal of Athletes from Probation." and "Ungentlemanliness in Memorial." What the Advocate has to say about the former topic is well said and the concluding paragraph strikes such an admirable key-note to the whole that we cannot forbear to quote: "Of course, it is to be expected that the outside world will misinterpret and misrepresent this action (the removal of Corbett, Mackie and Waters from probation). However, our college has grown steadily in the face of such attacks, and every year adds to its triumphs as a leader...
...following note from the U. of M. Daily is of interest as showing the ardor of the foot ball spirit out West: "The game in the class league, which was scheduled to be played yesterday afternoon between '93 law and the High School eleven, was not played, on account of the wet weather...
...individual work of the men who have not played regularly before, Corbett made some pretty runs and blocked off well. Waters did nothing especially worthy of note. Mackie just about held his own against K. Hubbard who was the heaviest and strongest player on the Trinity team...
...most interesting things in the number is a fragment entitled "The Athletic Question Twenty five Years Ago," in which is printed a characteristic letter, or rather note, by James Russell Lowell on a base ball topic...
...interesting to note here that it was also the U. of M. Daily which figured that Harvard with 2613 students is not as large as the University of Michigan with 2527, because the latter institution expects to add 274 more men to her numbers before the end of the year. It may be that the loose system of registration at Michigan, which permits students to register "in large numbers until the second semester begins in February," will bring about this large addition. We should think it might. Just at present, however, Harvard leads. And if the number of students...