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...last part of this statement may safely be admitted. As to the rest, it would seem to be rather an extreme view of the situation. The engravings must by the terms of the grant remain in Boston until next year: at that time, if Harvard asks for the return of what she has loaned, the "idea of the trustees" will be matter of entire indifference. The writer in the Tribune seems to fear that Harvard will make no such request because some of the trustees of the museum in Boston are also among the "Harvard authorities." Such a fear, however...
...believe that this statement comes very near to hitting the nail on the head. While it is not true in most of the courses at Harvard that a student finds much difficulty in learning his standing, provided he is truly earnest in his desire to do so, yet it is a fact that unless a man is doing very poorly he will not in the natural order of things hear anything at all from the men who have charge of his courses. Would it not conduce to more conscientious work on the part of a student, would not his interest...
...unfounded charges made against him states once for all and most positively, that he did not "knee" or otherwise maltreat Wrightington in the Springfield game, and that he has never been guilty of unfair roughness in any of the games in which he has taken part. Furthermore, his statement is corroborated by the fact that although he has played for seven years at Andover and at Yale, and hence under various umpires and referees, no official has ever found it necessary to adjudge him guilty of, or disqualify him for unfair play...
...Wrightington by Captain Hinkey. The officials of the game mentioned thereupon submit their testimony. The umpire, Alex. Moffat, stated that the injury was a pure accident which might have happened at any time and that it was impossible to place any responsibility. Linesman George O. Pratt, in his statement, declared that he saw no unnecessary roughness in the game and that Hinkey was no rougher than any of the other players from his point of view; and the assistant linesman, I. McD. Garfield, says in his declaration that he cannot believe that Wrightington's injury was other than accidental...
Anson Beard, left tackle of the Yale eleven, goes into the detail of the play in which Wrightington received his injuries, and his statement is as follows...