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...plan of conducting a course shows, let us hope, more ignorance than laziness. Those who believe that History 13 requires more work than other full courses, must have formerly spent the time they now grudge putting on History 13, in pursueing the college catalogue in search of "snaps." And right here, it would be well to take a glance at the whole History department. In most of the courses the system of collateral reading is in vogue and with what result! The knowledge gained from such reading has a certain delicious flavor of uncertainty that shows only too well...
...office of the league on or before May 1, 1887, awards to be made June 15, 1887, as follows: For best essay, [$250; second best, $100; third best, $50. And for other essays deemed especially meritorious, a handsome silver medal, designed for this purpose. The league reserves the right to publish, at its own cost, any of the successful essays and to include the first prize essay in the annual publications of the league...
...Yale man went down, the men from the centre were always on him to stop his passing the ball out. Perry played a strong game throughout, doing first-class work, while Piper was very conspicuous by his tackling in the first half and his running in the second. Right through the whole team, the men played well and with an evident determination not to be frightened by Yale's reputation. The result was that they took all the snap out of the Yale freshmen who were forced to play a defensive game from the beginning...
About five thousand people saw the final struggle for the foot-ball championship. It had rained hard all right, and all day up to the time of game had drizzled so that the field was slippery and in places covered with water...
...unfortunately higher than it should have been. But such must always be the case when complications arise similar to those which have been brought so prominently to public attention in connection with the location of the game. The fact that the game was played at Princeton must settle the right and wrong of the matter, insomuch as the arbitration was left to men of known integrity and thorough familiarity with the matter under dispute. The fact that the game was a tie will undoubtedly occasion further discussion and will probably necessitate another game played upon neutral ground. Such a game...