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...Yale, thus writes to the Clipper: "The intention of the convention was to show the public that we, as players, do not regard off-side play as "cheating" or "dishonorable action" in the least; that it is a part of the play, but we limit it for the sake of the game, the same as we used to limit a pitcher in unfair delivery. Hence the rule that "A player shall be off-side but twice during a game " then, when the referee has said: "You have been off-side twice," he cannot make a third without disqualification. The referee...
...population, the question of practical education will never rest. The main object looked at in a new country is the acquisition of wealth, and any education which will not aid in the gaining of that object is looked upon as worthless. The idea of education for its own sake, or for the culture which it brings with it, has not as yet gained a hold upon the American people, although this charge would be denied with great indignation. The institutions of learning in this country all to a greater or less degree reflect the feelings of the people, and although...
...those who have signed must pay by one o'clock today to get their tickets to New York. It is hoped that each man will do so promptly for the sake of the rest, for there have just enough men signed to make it possible for them to have separate tickets. Bartlett will receive the deposits of 2.25 per ticket...
...course of time the game came, very properly, under the ban of college authority. Afterward an attempt was made to introduce the game as played in English schools, and today it is established as firmly as base-ball in many colleges, where it is played for its own sake, and is no longer used for hazing purposes. It furnishes excellent exercise and is a manly sport. We believe that the game is played by the university elevens in a manly way, and while the rules we have mentioned ought to be on the books to mark the limits of fair...
Moreover, if the college keeps on growing without getting more such buildings, it will make a sad change in the character of the college life. Harvard college is a place to which a great many boys are sent, not so much for the sake merely of the studies as for the influences and advantages of college life. They are sent here to get the advantage of the training and preparation that college, in its capacity of a world in miniature, affords, for the struggle in the larger world. But college life without dormitory life, with the students scattered around among...