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Ever since the opening of college, and even before, criticism has been rife in regard to Harvard's so-called revolution in athletics. Rumors of all kinds have from time to time been put in circulation, and the coolness with which the imaginative writer has relegated Harvard to an inferior position in the field of sport, has a certain freshness which deserves better material. Without inquiry into the motives or desires of the faculty, the writers have described it as an unwarranted war upon "professionalism," a fatal blow to college athletics, and several other equally emphatic statements, which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ATHLETICS AT HARVARD. | 1/19/1883 | See Source »

...pipe which supplies the water for the gymnasium is not large enough to furnish a sufficient quantity when the gymnasium is as crowded as of late it has been, it will be necessary, before another year, to have a larger pipe put in. Another plan, however, has been proposed by the engineer - namely, to supply the gymnasium with water by means of an artesian well, and it is possible that the latter plan may be adopted as the most feasible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 1/19/1883 | See Source »

...meeting room in the gymnasium is an institution which should not be allowed to lose any portion of its interest by becoming a memorial simply of the remote past. Such at present seems to be the danger, for no new pictures and trophies to speak of have been put in since the room was first fitted up. There can be found there pictures neither of the crews, nines or foot-ball teams of the past two years. Of course such things can be much more easily furnished now than they will be later, and it seems as if somebody should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/19/1883 | See Source »

...Rood and myself, and to reach our lecture rooms were compelled to traverse halls and stairways where they encountered a large number of students, and yet they were always treated with perfect respect, and their presence in the lecture rooms made the classes more quiet and attentive because it put them on their good behavior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 1/18/1883 | See Source »

Snow-shoeing is finding favor in the suburbs of Boston, Mass. Aside from those who put them on for pleasure, hunters and others find them useful in travelling over the snow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS AND PASTIMES. | 1/16/1883 | See Source »