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PERHAPS it is in accordance with the saying that there is no pleasure without its pain that an examination in Greek has been assigned to the Freshmen on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Hitherto it has been the custom to give to the entire college a recess from ten o'clock on the Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving until the Monday following. If it is necessary that the recitations on Wednesday should be conducted as usual, and that those living at a distance should be prevented from spending the day with their families, is it necessary also to deprive them of the pleasure...
...hope to see among professional clubs, as a result of Saturday's game, a return of that wholesome respect for the Harvard Nine which experience taught, but which seems to have degenerated into a patronizing feeling of superiority. This is not only Harvard's first victory over the "Reds," but also their first defeat at the hands of an amateur organization, and the result will no doubt be of great benefit to both, encouraging Harvard, while, if nothing more, impressing Boston with a sense of the "glorious uncertainty" of Base Ball. The day was cold, the attendance slight...
...Nine takes this opportunity to thank the former members of the Nine (Messrs. Bush, Wells, and McKim) for their very valuable assistance on Saturday. It was a great pleasure to see them on the field again, and we only hope that this may be but the first of many similar occasions...
...fair of the G. A. R. closed on Saturday evening last, and we are glad to state that it was a success, both financially and otherwise. The voting was very satisfactory in its results; Dr. Peabody received the clock, "Cambridge I" the silk banner, and (alas for Gillie!) Captain Tyler of the University Nine bore away the handsome ball...
...first hour to the last, the body may be kept in Cambridge, the mind inevitably wanders from the printed page to catch the gorgeous hues of that almost tropical picture with which New England compensates her sons, once a year, for the dreary length of her inhospitable winter. Saturday sees nearly the whole college scattered through the adjoining country in quest of rural enjoyment...