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...weather on Saturday was rather cold and blustering for the men who went to see the foot ball game on the Union grounds and a strong wind favored one side and hindered the other. The Techs had the first kick-off and the ball was put in play at 3.16 P. M. They succeeded by a quick rally in carrying the ball some distance towards the Harvard goal, but then lost it. The man who next got it was Bemis, who made a beautiful rush and worked the ball close up to the other end of the field. Kent tried...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard vs. Technology. | 10/27/1884 | See Source »

...SHOT.The field of eight entries which appeared on the programme was rather slimly represented by only three contestants. Chamberlain, 86, Pennypacker, '88, and Boyden, '85. The event was won by the former, who covered 33 feet 9 inches from the scratch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Fall Meeting of the Athletic Association. | 10/27/1884 | See Source »

EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON-I hope it is not too late to make a suggestion through your columns, in regard to the uniform of the drum corps. In the first place I think that whatever the uniform is, the prevailing color should be red, or crimson, the college color, rather than blue. It has always been the aim of the Harvard men in the torch light processions to make their dress as odd and striking as possible ; the class uniforms this year are no exception to this rule. Now a zouave uniform (the uniform which has been proposed for the drum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMUNICATIONS. | 10/22/1884 | See Source »

...editorial in a revert issue of the Yale News urging the freshman to show that they "possess the necessary amount of Yale sand," seems to us at least superfluous. The Yale foot ball game has been distinguished among college sports for its rather too sandy character. -[Vassar Miscellany...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/20/1884 | See Source »

...together in a presidential torchlight procession If this custom is to be kept up, after a vote of the college has been taken to ascertain in what procession she shall march, the minority should march with the majority; and to the outside world the college should appear to go rather for a spree than for any political significance; not only because such a purpose is more befitting the age of the students, but because then both parties could enter into the fun of the procession more zealously. As when a President of the U. S. is elected, both parties acknowledge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/14/1884 | See Source »