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...understand that the cricketers in college intend to put forth all their energy in the spring in order to raise a good eleven and awaken an interest in cricket throughout the college. In the first object they may reasonably hope for success. There are already a number of good cricket players in college, and with energy and steady practice there is no reason why they should not bring out a team able to make a good stand against the elevens from other universities. But in awakening a general interest in this sport the difficulties will be greater. In the first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/8/1883 | See Source »

...Harvard professor teaches the principles of the law from the cases them selves, and compels the student to verify them by a long list of references. The plan is peculiar to Cambridge, having been introduced a few years since ??? one of the professors, and meeting with such favor and success as to comment it to the entire faculty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAW SCHOOL. | 2/8/1883 | See Source »

...more timid than our own, according to the way in which one chooses to look at it. The plan adopted is more in accordance with the traditions of Amherst than it would be of any of the larger colleges, and we feel positive that it would never meet with success at Harvard. However, it may prove the best policy for Amherst, and it has probably not been adopted without due consideration on the part of the faculty. We shall watch its progress with interest. The system is introduced at nearly the same time as our own new system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/3/1883 | See Source »

...reception and ball of the Boston Commandery of Knights Templars in the Mechanics' Fair Building, Boston, last evening, attracted an audience of six or eight thousand, and was a success in every particular...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 2/1/1883 | See Source »

...great obstacles to our success in base-ball for a number of years has been that the captain has had to select a nine from among so small a number of candidates. This is due to a number of causes, but the following is in our opinion, the principal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/26/1883 | See Source »