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...Edmund Gosse told a London reporter regarding American audiences that he found the Bostonians the most critical, sharp, bright, and sensitive: "But all were most enthusiastic and indulgent. My reception at the academic centres-at Harvard University, at Yale College, at that brilliant young nucleus of scholarly life, the Johns Hopkins University-was uniformly cordial and touching. Everywhere the welcome was frank, complete, and far beyond my deserts...
...care to give the time to it, to present themselves to-day at the trial. When the spring comes, and men begin to loaf on the grass in the yard after dinner on warm evenings, it will be a very pleasant thing for the freshmen to have as a nucleus, a knot of fellows who have spent time enough in practice to be able to carry the parts in college songs...
...team in the field. Eighty-Six is more doubtful, but headed by its university players might try their luck. Eighty-Seven already has a well organized twelve of considerable merit with several men in reserve. Lastly, if '88 brings out a good number players, they have already a good nucleus to rally around in order to form a team. If the interest is only great enough, the Lacrosse Association will doubtless furnish a pennant for such a championship as the base ball association proposes to do in its branch or sport...
Several promising lacrosse players from Exeter and Andover academies in the freshman class will form a good nucleus for a freshman twelve next spring...
...organizing a second or freshman twelve. This practice, which was first established by '85, has been accompanied by good results in bringing out new men and in developing candidates for the university twelve. As there are several promising men in '87 who have had sufficient experience to form a nucleus for a team, the material for a good twelve ought to be forthcoming. If games can be arranged with Andover and other of the preparatory schools, an impetus will be the preparatory schools, an impetus will be given to the game in preparatory schools, which is the surest...