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There is to be no political strife; the object of the convention being rather to illustrate the methods pursued in conventions held by the larger parties. A good attendance is expected in view of the unusually great interest expressed everywhere, this year, as to the outcome of the Minneapolis and Chicago conventions. There will be a chairman of the national committee who will make the opening speech; to be followed by the secretary, who will read the call for the convention. The temporary chairman will then be appointed, after which the roll of States will be called and nominations made...
...well. We understand that each man is to sit with his own state as in the regular convention, and that presidential nominations will be made for all parties. With the large portion of the college which ought to be present, the results of the voting will be rather instructive and full of meaning. The scheme is a good one, and with the support it deserves, it ought to be very successful...
...choice between leaving Cambridge during the week, and breaking seriously into the important period of college work, or permitting a blow to fall on athletics which the graduates of the two colleges had arranged between Harvard and Yale with so much care and with such sanguine expectations. Rather than allow these athletics such a set back, Harvard has chosen to break into her college work and grant Yale the benefit of a week's more training...
...takes so little interest in the game is that most of the men do not understand the fine points of the playing. Almost any game would seem dull to those who could not appreciate what the players were striving for; and many a game which in its crudeness is rather slow, becomes remarkably interesting when the more subtle plays are understood. Cricket at Harvard seems to suffer from this very ignorance among the students of the real skill of the game. By providing for a large number of games in Cambridge, the Cricket Club means to give the college better...
Reed and McAdams were the battery for Harvard, White and Cooke for Brown. Reed was hit often but not safely, holding the opponents down to five hits. McAdams stopped the ball well, but was rather slow in throwing to second...