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...This statement that the dates "offered by Yale could not be acted upon until the Harvard delegates had conferred with their Advisory Committee," is misleading. The Harvard delegates refused to accept Yale's proposition in the matter of dates not because of the necessity of consulting the Advisory Committee, but because that proposition was manifestly inequitable. The Harvard delegates had full power to arrange dates, and their refusal to accept those proposed by Yale was final...
...advantages of concentrating the power in the power in the mayor is that the man whom the people hold responsible would be able to act. For the last six years nearly one-half of the confirming board have been corruptible. Such a statement would be vastly too strong to apply to the average of the mayor. Therefore the appointments would be much better, if the mayor were not subject to a confirming board. The mayor's responsibility is much greater than that of the board of aldermen, for there is not one man in a thousand who would ever think...
...relations existing between the Yale and Harvard Base Ball Associations during the past year, and in consideration of the impressions naturally created thereby, we desire in justice to the graduates and undergraduates of Harvard as well as to our Graduate Advisory Committee and ourselves to make a statement in regard to our failure to come to terms with representatives of the Y. U. B. B. Association at a meeting called by Yale in Springfield today...
...another column is printed a communication from Harvard's representatives to the conference with Yale at Springfield The communication is a remarkably clear statement of the proceedings at the conference, and puts Harvard in a very clear light. The statement speaks for itself, and explains the stand taken by each on the two colleges. It is rather difficult to comprehend on just what grounds Yale refused propositions which in their essential points have followed all precedents existing between the larger colleges for years...
...report the president states that the growth of the Lawrence Scientific School has been something very remarkable and this statement is fully upheld by the statistics of Professor Chaplin's report. In 1885-86 there were but 14 students in the school, while at the opening of the current year there were 118 men enrolled. There are several reasons given by the president for this growth - the energy and good judgment of the Dean, the more complete union of the Scientific School with the college, the establishment of closer connections between the School and the public high schools...