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...Week's Sport ranks Hovey, Law School, fifth among the country's tennis players...
...INTERESTED IN FOOT BALL? If so read, THE WEEK'S SPORT...
...trail at an easy pace through fields and gardens, across fences and ditches, up hill and down, can be appreciated only by those who have experienced it. The amusing incidents of each run, the new scenes visited only on such occasions, and the bracing air and exercise make the sport a favorite with men who do not take an active part in athletics; while men who have some ability as long distance runners find hare and hounds an invaluable aid in developing their running powers...
Under the provisions of this rule any student who, during the summer of 1890, received any compensation whatever for taking part in any athletic sport or contest (with the single exception stated) would be barred from representing Harvard University in any public athletic contests during the next college year and thereafter. The rule means, in brief, that no student is to accept pay in any form whatever for participation in athletic sports. If he engages in them he must do so at his own expense...
...recommend Prof. White's letter to all members of this year's teams. Remember that, with the exception mentioned in the rule, if a Harvard student receives money for taking part in any athletic sport, whether for fares or board or for any other reason, he may never again be a candidate for a Harvard athletic team. There is no other penalty attached to the offence, but surely no Harvard man would choose so to disgrace himself in the eyes of the college as to do anything which might make him feel the weight of this rule; a summer...