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When I entered, my mind well primed with the stock books on Harvard, I had exalted ideas of accomplishing great deeds on land and water. I first essayed football. One afternoon sufficed to convince me that I was not a second Herbert Leeds, and that frequent collisions with mother earth were not becoming to my style of beauty. To this day my neck has not recovered from the twist it received that afternoon when I rolled on Holmes Field beneath Harrington...
...play at the very last moment, after all arrangements had been made. The teams referred to are those of Montreal and Brown University. In the first case the Montreals telegraphed Friday afternoon that they would not be able to play the match arranged for the following day; in the second, Brown informed us at eleven o'clock of the day of the match that their team could not play us at the appointed time. When games are arranged for in this manner, and either team disappoints the other, it seems to us some penalty ought to be inflicted. We would...
...Second Marshal...
...Orator, Messrs. C. Sprague, Worcester, and Jones were the candidates. Mr. Jones fell out on the second ballot, and Mr. C. Sprague was elected on the third...
...Class Committee, Mr. J. W. Suter was elected Chairman by acclamation. Messrs. Free-land, Howard, R. C. Sturgis, and Wade were nominated for second place. The first named withdrew after the informal ballot, and Mr. Sturgis was elected on the third. Mr. Freeland was then chosen to fill the third. place by acclamation...