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Before the introduction of the present system of assigning rooms by lot a very curious method existed - or one which seems curious in view of the present system. The rooms were assigned by classes, freshmen having ground floor rooms in all buildings except Holworthy, the whole of which was reserved for seniors, with the exception of those rooms directly under proctors, which were given to freshmen. All of the freshmen in the different buildings who held the rooms under the proctor, got their rooms free, or for a nominal sum, in consideration of services rendered to the proctors...
Exeter will send half of her present foot-ball team, including her captain, to Harvard...
...says the catalogue, is Harvard's present size. Add to this 185 officers of instruction and government, making a total of 1613, and it will be seen that Harvard forms a very respectable community by itself...
Concerning the Yale-Harvard game, the Courant admits that Yale plays a rough game, but maintains that she has a right to dictate in the matter, as "the present science of foot-ball play has been developed almost entirely by Yale;" that "she has never had a player disqualified for illegal acts, but has continually played the game for all it is worth within the limits of the rules," or in other words it is the regular thing for her men to make fouls when anything can be gained by it, until each has had two warnings. - [Phillipian...
...from high-priced tickets and small audiences than they would from low prices and large audiences, their course is very reasonable. But why cannot they try the experiment of tickets at 50 cents and enthusiastic audiences of 800, instead of $1 seats and critical audiences of 200 as at present...