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...first change was made in regard to touch-downs. Rule 4 now reads, "when the ball is carried across the goal line, it shall be a touch-down at the place where it was carried across. In opponent's goal, this entitles to a try at goal; in player's own goal to a kick out." By the old rules the ball had to be actually touched down by a player before he could claim the ball as his. This always occasioned the roughest of play. Sometimes a player would seize the ball and then lay on his back, holding...
...Rule 11 makes it unnecessary for a man to cry "down" when he has the ball; the referee can say "down" whenever he thinks the tussle has gone far enough...
...Rule 13, referring to maul in goal is struck out entirely. This will prevent the fierce fights which are made so often when the holder of the ball is tackled inside the goal line...
...certainly it is the first law of a good university. There are two ways of securing good order in a university. One is what may be called the old way of tyranny, of an absolute government, of a government by the proclamation to the students of a code of rules declaring precisely the things which they can do. The other way is one that is founded upon the principle of liberty, and that is upon a presumption, which in a nation based upon the principle would seem to be not a very violent presumption, that liberty is the foundation...
...There is no disputing the fact that the old-time enthusiasm in boating has given way to a state of apathy. The Dunham Club, which supplies excellent facilities for boating practice, has seen its best days. The inter-class races as a rule are spiritless contests in which the participants are the only ones very much interested. Boating has been on a decline, and men have gotten their exercise from other sources. The wide popularity of tennis has taken many good men who might have had their exercise on the water. The crew men and those within the aquatic circle...