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...Camp of Yale was present at the game making observations. He will probably be unable to play against Harvard next Saturday. Camp has played on the Yale team for nearly a decade now, and it will be rather a novelty to play without...
...present there are in the United States sixty four Greek letter fraternities, having 487 chapters, thirty-five chapter houses, sixty alumni chapters, with a total membership...
...proposed by the faculty to introduce a system of honors, a system which Cornell has been heretofore almost wholly, and perhaps happily, without. Our only prize of special value at present is the Woodford prize in oratory, amounting to $100, and open to seniors. By the new plan two sets of examinations will be held toward the end of the college year, one of which will be for midcourse honors, open to sophomores, the other for final honors, open to seniors...
...gain in membership of the university for the present academic year is 71, making the entire number of students...
...thought to be a "severe and tempting one." The players wore little clothing beside the breech-cloth. The night before a game was devoted to fasting and prayer; the great Yo He Wah, the Deity, was invoked. The skill displayed in these games was much greater than at present. We are told that the ball was sometimes kept from striking the ground during the whole contention. The old writers lay special stress upon the fact that this game tended to increase the power of self-control; that it was thought to be excellent mental training. In June, 1763, the great...