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...weights all the fall, the substitute seats having been called into requisition, and for a large part of the time three were at work. It is early as yet to give any criticism on the individual rowing of the men, but a word might be said about the general style of the first ten. There is noticeable a lack of snap in the first part of the stroke, and also too much carelessness about keeping stroke especially towards the bow; while most of the men fail to swing forward far enough. The stroke has not yet been decided upon...
...future of the national cheer, nor that it does right in ascribing so great a share to American colleges in bringing about the present "degeneracy" of the practice. The popular cheer and the college cheer are essentially distinct. If the good people of this country choose to conform the style of their hurrahs more or less to the fashions set by the colleges, surely the latter are not to blame. The form of cheering adopted by any college is its distinctive possession and invaluable birthright. The practice forms one of the most cherished of college customs, and he who would...
...other source than a Yale paper, be deemed a gross and inexcusable insult. It would hardly seem possible that any paper published by college men could make such an assertion. All that can be said is Yale ! It is the natural out-come of the cheat-if-you-can style of play which is now known in New Haven as the "scientific game." We trust that an apology may come from the News, it is the only reparation they can make, and that we may learn that the article in question was merely the work of some officious person...
...their bad taste in the selection of the time for their declaration. In the main point at issue,-the improving of the character of the game,-we entirely agree with the faculty, and feel that some radical change is necessary. We emphatically stated our position last year on the style of play, which was first given its name of Yaleism by one of our correspondents, and we hold the same position this year. Foot-ball with all its roughness can be made a gentlemanly game, and a game that we need not feel ashamed to take our friends...
...view. However much gratitude we may feel to Yale for her recent courtesy, we must not forget that it is she, who, by her numerous "improvements" of which she so proudly boasts, has brought the game to be what it is, and has given a name to the present style of game...