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Considerable of a stir has been created in college circles by the refusal of the senior Lit board to accept the five men whom the junior class elected Friday night as their successors. According to the constitution of Chi Delta Theta, the acting editors have a right to call a second and a third election, if the men elected at the previous elections are not in their opinion best fitted to advance the interests of the Lit. Accordingly the '88 board called for another election Monday night, and after two ballots were taken with the same results...
...only man in college who can hold Dann's switt pitching. His strongest point, however, is at first base, which he is able to cover easily. He has played more or less in the field, but is not a very sure man outside of the diamond. McClintock, '90, played right field in two of the championship games last year, when both Kellogg and Brigham were away. He covers his ground well, but is not very quick in fielding the ball. His batting is not above the average...
...have no remarkable ability in any direction. Walker has played on his class team for three years and is a hard player but he has not developed university abilities. Francke was a member of '89's team which is famous for having lost the "fence game" and played right field. He is not a very sure man in the field and is week at the bat. These are, however, faults which constant practice will remedy. Lindsey, '89, is an entirely new man, having done no athletic work at all since entering college. He played first base on his school team...
...ideal journal's statements of fact will never be colored by prejudice, passion, bombast or humor (so called,) but will be rigorously exact, and will be expressed in simple, clear, compact and agreeable English. Its comments on current events will be animated by a steady purpose to say the right thing in the right way at the right moment, and will be characterized by accurate and independent thought, sound sense, good English and good manners. It will never treat opponents with discourtesy, or friends with flattery, and will never sacrifice principle to party, to sentiment, to self-interest...
...land on water, the blue has been uniformly triumphant, and Yale reigns supreme," he said. "Columbia cheers and strives to imitate, Princeton applauds and despairs, and Harvard goes back to Cambridge and kicks, but her misfortune is that she does not kick hard enough at the right time. The athletic triumphs of Yale are celebrated by the increasing numbers of the freshman class, for the students at the preparatory schools know what constitute the higher branches of a liberal education...