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...Noyes, Rogers and Calhoun; Harvard, Willard and McCoy. Mr. J. G. Rogers of Yale was elected president of the association. The championship for 1888 was formally awarded to Yale without protest. A schedule of games for the coming season were drawn up and will be announced later. The playing rules of the National League were adopted with three exceptions. The old rule on fouls is to be retained, The batter being out when a foul is caught on the fly: a batsman hit by a pitched hall is not to be allowed his base, and the tenth man clause...
...habit which was growing so troublesome to professors and students alike and probably no better means could have been found than that which notify the student that if he desires the benefit of a lecturer, he must be courteous enough to be present when the lecture begins. The rule has succeeded when it has been tried. We are glad that so serious an evil as general tardiness can be stopped by means so simple...
...teams as petitioned by their alumni all over the country, is another striking proof of the influence that alumni associations may have in settling undergraduate difficulties. In this particular instance the reasons for granting the petition were obviously sound. We must also congratulate Harvard on the abrogation of this rule that has for some time past sadly hampered captains of their teams in the attempt to secure practice games with nines of sufficient strength. The employment of professional trainers and the erection of a rowing tank argues a renewed interest in athletics for the coming season that we note with...
...which courtesy, if nothing else, demands. In addition, it has been the custom that whatever may have been the success of the efforts of the students of sister colleges in the various branches of college life, to give credit at least for sincerity of purpose. A breach of this rule has recently been made by the edition of a college publication, namely, the Columbia Spectator-a breach so glaring as to demand our attention...
That the right of every man to rule is born in him and is not given by one man is the first letter in our political alphabet. Therefore it is that we have no right to surrender our conscience, our responsibility, our duty, or, in fact, any one of these three attributes which were born within us. The comparative right to rule by intrinsic merit is decided not by one man, but by the opinion of the majority of our fellow citizens, and the power of this majority is not that merely of the majority over the minority. It lies...