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The sparring in the last athletic meeting was open to no objection except from those who object to having any sparring whatever at the meetings. The contestants were cautioned not to indulge in much hard hitting, and the result showed that no one lost by this restraint. The hissing by...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: Will the time never come when boxing shall be omitted from the winter meetings? Cannot something be done to hasten this desirable time? As a recreation, or as a means of exercise, it is heartily to be commended to any who enjoy it, but when two persons...
It is not probable that Harvard's policy is generally influenced very directly by that of neighboring colleges, save in cases where conformity to a common standard, as in the matter of entrance examinations, or where mutual co-operation, as in the matter of inter-collegiate athletics, seems desirable. Yet...
The Crimson complains that the athletic meetings are rendered uninteresting and "boresome" by the candidates for the general excellence prize doing the same feats over and over again. This the Crimson hardly thinks a necessary evil, "but if it is," the editorial concludes, "then by all means let us do...
The article in the last Crimson on the college fields seems to point to a gloomy future for our athletics. "When all the fields except Jarvis are taken up for building purposes," bewails the Crimson, "there will be no class nines, no cricket, no lacrosse, very little tennis" and "a...