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Captain Wiggin again states that the practice of the 'varsity nine has been very seriously interfered with by persons crossing Holmes Field, and urgently requests that students will bear this in mind and refrain from crossing the field while the nine is at work...
...careful investigation of all sides of the question. It is as complete as possible. Rule 2 contains some old rules and some that are new. The first and second clauses are simply restatements of existing restrictions. The second is the rule requiring all men who are on probation to refrain from athletic contests. The third is entirely new. Its object plainly is to prevent men from coming from other colleges for the sole purpose of engaging in athletics. It is made with a view to Rule 2, which sets a limit of four years on athletes, rather than limiting athletics...
...certain questioning by the students of players and coachers with regard to the secret practice on Soldiers Field. This curiosity to know what is going on there is quite natural and is probably felt by everybody in the University. We would suggest, however, that from now on the students refrain from asking questions of anybody who is admitted to the secret practice and keep this curiosity in check till it can be fully satisfied on Saturday. There is nothing to be gained by asking questions. The only available news of the practice is contained in the very general reports...
...captain of the crew has asked us to request visitors who come into the tank-room to keep on the platform at the upper end and refrain from all talking...
...charge of the tree to see to it that every man who wishes to take part in the struggle shall be clad in a foot ball suit or something which will not be likely to leave him in puris naturalibus and also to require the participants to refrain from settling private feuds at this time. Surely it would be better to be able to look back at the last occasion on which the class meet together as undergraduates as one where every man showed that he had laid to heart the lessons of his Alma Mater than as one where...