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...Weld, Littaner, Delafield, Gordon, Smith. '84 barge - Barnes, Coolidge, Borland, Ayer, Ames, Dewey, Reynolds, (volunteer). '85 barge - Austin, Guild, Cobb, Hamlin, Barton, Adams, Harris, (volunteer). Old '82 barge - Lincoln, Atherton, Hartley, Upham, Chadburn, Locke, Harris, (volunteer). The captains of the senior, junior and sophomore crews are requested to be present to take charge of their respective barges. Also the coxswains of the various crews are requested to be present to steer in the race. Officers: Starter, or referee, Mr. Robt. McCook; judges at finish, Mr. H. D. Robbins and Mr. Geo. Agassiz...
...very gratifying to note that the custom of hazing is rapidly losing its hold here. The course of the present sophomore class has generally been very commendable in respect to that, and should '86 in turn frown upon that time-honored, though barbarous custom, Yale would forever afterwards be relieved from every reproach from that source...
...eleven of this fall will be somewhat lighter than that of last. There is a great deal of fair material from which to draw for the vacant places on the team; that which is excellent is still wanting. The best points in the play of the eleven at present are the kicking of half backs and the quickness of rushers in getting on to the ball. The passing and throwing are poor. As the time approaches for important games, we hope to see these faults corrected...
...Critic, in speaking in a recent issue of freedom of thought, says: "At the present time, the younger professors in all our great colleges are, with few exceptions, evolutionists; but how many of them are there who dare profess themselves such? At Harvard, we believe, no restrictions exist, and a man does not endanger his position by declaring his acceptance of the Darwinian theory. At Cornell, too, there are several avowed evolutionists who are in no real danger of being discharged. But when we except these two, we know of no institutions where a similar freedom of opinion would...
Boating has, for the present, received a mortal wound. The crew last spring was a good one, and made good time, but ill-fortune attended it, and it only succeeded in coming in ahead of Cornell and Bowdoin at Lake George. Princeton, as well as the University of Pennsylvania, has a bone to pick with Columbia for not appearing at Philadelphia last June. But the sentiment here by no means justifies the opinions expressed in the University Magazine concerning the Harvard-Columbia dispute. To us, as lookers-on (perhaps not the best judges), the matter appears in a light very...