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...However, the play of '88 was good at times, that of Osgood, Woodman and Holden being the best. The chief trouble with the Freshmen was their inability to tackle readily and bad fumbling of the ball by the backs. They blocked fairly well got down after it in good shape, but failed to close in quickly enough on the man of the opposite side who caught or picked up the ball. Sufficient it is to say that '88 has good material, which ought to be developed with practice into an eleven which shall give a creditable account of itself...
...base and finally the figure of the John Harvard statue were placed in position on the Delta. Much interest was shown by the students, who formed groups around the workmen until the bronze figure was finally lowered into place. The base is very simple, being nearly a cube in shape, but tapering slightly, so that the top is smaller than the bottom. On the front is the simple inscription cut into the stone...
...economy and English literature. There is naturally a great variety of choice under each head, yet, when the student has some slight idea in his mind of what his future course in life is going to be, selection ought not and will not be difficult, since present study must shape our future career. Classics are given up by a large number of men at the end of freshman year simply because they think that in the active work of life the mere fact of "digging"out a translation in Greek or Latin will not aid them in the world. Such...
...Goodford was elected in 1862, in succession to Dr. Hawtrey, the first favorite for the post was Rey. Edward Coleridge, a fellow, who was so confident of his success that he boasted on the morining of the election that he had his appointment in his pocket in the shape of a pressing letter from the Duke of Newcastle, representing the Government of the day. Two hours later came Osborne "requiring" the fellows to "elect and chosse" Dr. Goodford. The new provost must be a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge, of the degree of M. A., Thirty-five years...
...contributed toward the college's athletic standing. Among many suggestions, one, the turning the building into a swimming bath, ought to receive careful consideration at the hands of the faculty. A fair-sized bath might be made in the building at not a great expense as the shape of the building is not of any material hindrance. The site is not a bad one for such a purpose, and while a swimming bath connected with the new gymnasium might be somewhat more convenient, yet, the present site of the old gymnasium is fairly central, and near Memorial. Lockers might...