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Myers and George, the rival runners, have agreed upon a contest, to take place at the Polo Grounds on Thanksgiving...
...cheer went up, making the wildest confusion until time was called and the game decided; then they rushed bodily into the field, bearing off the victors on their shoulders. The referee immediately decided the game belonged to Harvard, although the Princeton captain claimed that their goal was from a place kick and that the touchdown counted, making the score equal. But the rules say that from a touchdown a goal can be kicked in two ways: either the ball can be brought in and placed, or it can be punted in and placed. Further, it is stated that in case...
...possibilities of the library, which has already attracted much attention, and which probably has the largest endowment of any similar institution in the world. The one person above all others to whose munificence these possibilities are due is the late Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske. As a fitting resting-place for her remains, those of her father and of Ezra Cornell, there will be erected a memorial chapel adjoining Sage Chapel. The basement will be a vault for the reception of bodies, and will be entirely without ornament; the upper part will be elaborately finished. Part of the material is already...
...foot-ball game with the Yale freshmen will probably be given up, the two teams being unable to agree upon a place and date on which to play...
...opened last month and Professor Goodwin of Harvard, as one of the directors, is now in charge of it. He obtained leave of absence for one year in order to assume charge of the school for that time. Next year a director from another college will take his place. It has been suggested that Yale will send a member of its faculty. Professor Goodwin's report of the opening of the school is expected at the meeting on Friday...