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...young Beecher, the phenomenal quarter-back of the Yale foot-ball eleven, has had a very profitable season on the field. I am informed from very reliable authority that the boy's father promised him $25 apiece for every touch-down he would make during the season. The indulgent parent rejoices in his son's notoriety, which has cost him the sum of $400, as the youngster scored sixteen touch-downs. - Globe...
...university for the government of the conduct of students, - and that rule would be something like this: that whenever at any time any student is found to be not fulfilling the purpose for which he came to the university, the president of the university shall direct the parent or guardian to withdraw him therefrom, and if he is not withdrawn within a reasonable time he will be dismissed...
...such a case as this, power, as is so common, is on the side of wrong; and if a parent is obstinate, much trouble may be experienced in managing him. So frequently is this the fact that one hears every day of undutiful fathers usurping the reins of family government and ruling in their son's stead...
...then is this danger to be met? No general rule can be given. Each son must decide for himself in accordance with the peculiarities of his own especial parent. However, let not the son swerve an instant from his duty; knowing the true course, let him follow it, remembering that the persistent elbowing of the little wave gradually crowds aside the giant cliff. Let him complain unceasingly, let him be alternately sulky, gloomy, and petulant, let him if necessary even resort to desperate dissipation,- and success is almost inevitable...
Rugby Foot Ball as played in Canada to-day, is substantially the same game as that introduced years ago. The American Association or open formation game was brought in some five years since, but at no time met with such favor as to supplant its parent...