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...number of games be entitled to the championship. It is evident that a course like this not only will give the captain of the University Nine a larger choice, but will increase the interest in athletics, raise the standard of excellence in base ball, and strengthen class-feeling, already somewhat revived by the system of class crews...
...average of the men examined hitherto has been above that of young men in general, and though this high average may be lessened by the asuremements of those awaiting their turn at examination, it is certain that the average of College men will be somewhat higher than the average development of young men of the same age outside the College...
...reformed, and the university is no longer compelled to perform part of the functions of the preparatory schools; but much required work has been abolished, and the new method of examining candidates or admission is an important step in the right direction. The new system of conferring degrees, though somewhat elaborate, tends to encourage sound scholarship. Many valuable additions have been made to the elective courses; the extension of the graduate courses is a broadening move; and the establishment of a chair of the Chinese language and literature, with a native professor, goes far towards convincing the public that Harvard...
...third is somewhat worse...
...like an undershirt, for several days. For a few moments the President surveyed the undergraduate with an expression of mingled commiseration and disgust, and finally he exclaimed, "Been on a drunk !" The half-conscious student rallied his straying senses, and with a gleam of good-fellowship in his eye, somewhat unexpectedly ejaculated, "So-hic-have...