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...almost universally approved. Just what the Clipper means by the "good" of the nine is uncertain; but if it refers to increased efficiency in playing, we would remark that it was not the purpose of the new rules to increase the skill of the nine but to rid it of professional tendencies. Of course opinions will differ as to whether this is a good thing or not, but, as far as we are able to discover the sentiment of the college in the matter, it is on the affirmative side of the question...
Yale wishes to get rid of the "staring board fence" around its campus and substitute a barb wire and a hedge. Is that because Harvard is desirous of a board fence around its campus...
...anatomy, was the end of his connection with the school. For about half of this time he had also taught physiology, but with the growth of the science had gladly given it over to form a separate department. It was a good thing for a college to get rid of her old men. Their ideas were antiquated, and the college had better let them go. He had held his office so long because he taught a subject which could never become antiquated. During his lifetime it had received very few important additions or emendations. He had begun the study...
...Yale is said to be much stronger in kicking than ever before, while the hopes of Harvard seem to have been placed on the rushing ability of their men. Experience has shown that while plucky tackling offsets the rushing of heavy weights, good kicking is not so easily got rid of, while a combination of first class kickers and fine strategic play in "passing" are the two principal essentials for success in a match. - [New York World...
...much poorer game than at present, and probably would not meet as good amateur nines as Harvard has at hand, still there is no excuse in either statement for Yale's not taking the opportunity here offered to join the other colleges of New England in their movement to rid athletics of an evident evil. No one who takes a proper view of baseball cares about the absolute excellence of our nine's playing or wishes to see it equal that of a professional nine; all that the nine itself professes to care about, and certainly all that most...