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...this connection we wish to say that much surprise has been manifested at the small number of men who have presented themselves for positions on the team. To be sure, it is still very early in the term and many men have not yet returned to college, but the Yale and Princeton teams are hard at work and rapidly getting into suitable condition. No time must be lost if we are to put a team into the field of which Harvard need not feel ashamed. We hope that the next few days will show a large increase in the number...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/27/1884 | See Source »

...shown the workings of the organization here, and also many of the affiliated tradesmen, from whom he ordered many articles for the Michigan students, finding Boston an advantageous place in which to buy. With the enthusiasm already shown he thought that the society could not help being successful and sure of a rapid growth, as it is looked upon with much favor by the college authorities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Co-operation at Ann Arbor. | 9/26/1884 | See Source »

...loose both the race with Yale and the base-ball championship seemed very hard, especially as we left college feeling reasonable sure of the latter. Our rivals at Yale have received a success such as they seldom achieve, and of which they are deservedly proud...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 8/25/1884 | See Source »

...Dartmouth takes us to task for the prediction which we expressed a few weeks ago as to the result of the Dartmouth Harvard games. The remark was to the effect that to win the championship we must consider ourselves sure of the Dartmouth games. If these were lost, we should not have even a chance for the championship. To win, or even tie for first place both Dartmouth games would have to be won. "This position," says the Dartmouth, "appears slightly egotistical." We do not know exactly what definition the word "egotistical" may have at Dartmouth, but it is certainly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/19/1884 | See Source »

...While it is not loud enough to be an effectual rising bell, it makes enough noise to be a disturbance, paradoxical as the statement may seem. Such a useless, and yet such an annoying custom ought most certainly to be put an end to at once, and we feel sure that every undergraduate would greet with satisfaction the announcement that future generations would be spared the infliction of listening to its notes in the early morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/14/1884 | See Source »