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...generally very well filled by students who go to see the tug-of-war teams pull every afternoon. The first team that pulls is the senior, which may be seen on the cleats at 4. The men who are trying for it are Easton and Getchell for the place of anchor, and Batchelder, Ranney, R. Coolidge, Fuller and Lilienthal for the other three places...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TUG-OF-WAR TEAMS. | 3/2/1883 | See Source »

...should be destroyed at once; if the members of the association will not do it themselves, we hope to see the matter brought before the directors, and a rule to discharge any waiter who is known to have been seeking fees would be in no wise out of place or detrimental to the interests of all concerned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MEMORIAL HALL WAITER. | 3/1/1883 | See Source »

...conference and adopting and signing a set of written rules. The success of the method with Yale leads us to ask why the same plan should not be adopted with Columbia. Surely, in view of our experience with her last year, such a thing would not be out of place. In this way we should avoid a repetition of difficulties, the blame of which can be fastened satisfactorily upon no one. As a rule, we think that every athletic contest, especially an inter-collegiate contest, should be governed by a set of definite written rules. In this way no college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/28/1883 | See Source »

...unveiling of a tablet in honor of the late Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse, in the house in which he resided when in Rome, will take place March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 2/28/1883 | See Source »

...lecturer then took up Pope's charge that Porter wilfully kept his troops out of the contest, although he knew that his force was needed. This was founded entirely on wrong assumptions, viz., that Porter had advanced as far as the Gap, and that a terrific battle took place on Aug. 29th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FITZ-JOHN PORTER CASE. | 2/28/1883 | See Source »