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...Magazine for January there is an article on Association Foot Ball written by C. W. Alcock, the secretary of the Foot Ball Association of England. The Association game is only thirty years old. It originated in England, where for the most part it has been developed. In 1872 the Scotch took up the game and international matches between England and Scotland sprang up. The game has had such popularity in England that is now played in Canada, India, and even South Africa...
...makes English country so beautiful. The aspect of antiquity and decay that the buildings presented was not all pleasing. Inside the buildings, however, it was a different thing. The coziness of the college balls at Oxford and Cambridge was a thing that could not be found in either the Scotch universities or these of America. A dinner at the high at any of the large colleges of Oxford or Cambridge was an experience not soon to be forgotten. At the beginning of the meal the Latin grace is said by the senior officer at the high table. in some instances...
...Scotch Dance, Baker...
...editorials are mostly on fugitive topics. One of them deals with Mr. Winsor's letters to the Nation and particularly with his comparison between the interest shown in lectures in Scotch and in American Universities...
...Scotch Dance, Baker...