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...rule at Princeton in regard to absences seems to be but a poor reform at best, and what little good it would do is offset by another regulation concerning excuses which goes into effect with it. The present Senior Board of the Princetonian sever their connection with the paper with this number. They end their labors with a pretty little dying speech, in which they express their satisfaction with themselves and the rest of the world...
...call attention to an article in another column in which a contributor discusses the advisability of the Freshmen rowing races with other Freshmen crews. The writer seems to us to prove successfully that the advantages of such races do not offset the expense incurred in carrying them out, and that now that class races afford ample opportunity for initiating Freshmen in rowing, the necessity of meeting outsiders for the purpose of practice in racing is almost wholly done away with. We are aware that the advocates of outside contests urge that the more experience a man has in racing...
...with another college nine, some of whose men are professionals. It establishes a precedent which, if followed up, will inevitably tend to lower the tone of all college organizations, and subject them to slurs similar to those cast on the honesty of professionals, while it offers no advantage to offset the harm it is sure to do. Whatever college resorts to the expedient of playing professionals on their team, should not expect to enter for an amateur championship. It is not too late to come to an understanding in the particular case referred to, and it is none too early...
...Camp followed with base-hits, the remaining strikers going out; two earned runs went down to Yale's credit in this inning. The sixth inning opened with Yale, 6; Harvard, o. A two-baser by Howe and a passed ball gave Harvard her maiden run, which was immediately offset by base-hits by Hutchison and Parker, aided by a wild pitch. A two-base hit by Winsor, and errors by Hopkins, gave Harvard one more run in the seventh. Nunn, Howe, and Winsor made base-hits in the eighth, and, aided by errors of Hopkins and Camp, three runs were...
...Junior and Senior years examinations become but a pleasant offset to recitations. If our residence here were prolonged to twice the present time, we should be extremely disgusted if an accident should prevent an examination, and would warn all our friends from taking the elective of a man who cared so little for keeping his promises...