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...behaved every bit as squarely as Harvard. We have had far more trouble with Yale: she has always been the tricky college, winning by fair means or foul, indifferently. At Mott Haven last year she won the cup from Columbia by an unfair decision, and New York club men spoke of the ungentlemanly conduct of her athletes, in contrast to all the other colleges...
...annual Yale alumni dinner was held at Delmonico's in New York last Friday night. There were about two hundred graduates present. Mr. Chauncev M. Depew, '56, who presided spoke on the subject of football. He was followed by President Dwight, who responded to the toast "The University." He referred to the many material improvements made at Yale during the past three years, and mentioned the completion of Lawrence college, the dedication of Dwight hall, the gift of the Chittenden library and the opening of Osborne hall. Other toasts were responded to by Professor William R. Townsend...
...Friday. Dean Lawrence opened the first meeting of the convention on Friday evening with a hearty welcome to the delegates, saying that Cambridge was especially interested in missions as Harvard had been originally founded as a school for ministers. He then introduced the Rev. Dr. Crummell of Washington, who spoke earnestly in behalf of his own race in the south. Dr. Crummell was followed by Mr. Cutler of New York, who gave an address on the needs of young men, and by Father Hall. who spoke in the cause of brotherhoods. At the Saturday's meeting the speakers were Bishop...
...first vesper service of the new year was held in Appleton chapel yesterday afternoon. Rev. F. G. Peabody led in the devotional part of the services after which the choir sang Tours's anthem, "In Thee O Lord" Rev. Phillips Brooks then spoke, taking for his text the words from Matthew, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy strength and with all thy soul." The speaker said it was impossible to command ourselves to love God unless we feel the fundamental intrinsic relationship between God and man. To love a being truly...
Professor Chaplin spoke at the college conference meeting last evening on college discipline. In commencing he gave a short sketch of the history of discipline at Harvard, and showed the sharp contrast between the methods of the past and the present. At the start Harvard made rules generously. The rules were written in Latin, and each student had to make his own copy in a fair hand. Some of the rules of 1743 were read. Students were not allowed to sell each other articles of more than on shilling's value. Most of the punishments were by fines. Five shillings...