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...large crowd of Princeton men would be present at Thursday's game to cheer for Yale. Part of the article is a purported interview with a member of the Princeton team and ends as follows: "Yale, as we expected she would, beat us fairly and squarely. I don't think Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/23/1887 | See Source »

...think any fair-minded person will see that it is not "obstinacy and stubborness" that restrain the overseers, and that until they get more money-and money which they can usethey are as helpless as ourselves. Gore Hall needs to be remodeled, if not partly rebuilt; for the light in the daytime, except on the brightest days, is very deficient and ill-arranged. The library authorities have such a scheme in consideration, but it clearly would be poor policy to commence the undertaking before they have enough money to carry it through. The proper place, it seems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 11/22/1887 | See Source »

...think we are not saying too much if we declare that, at a dinner of Harvard alumni, any assertion by the captain of our football eleven that showed an intention "to fight the referee" as well as our opponents, would have placed an effective damper on the applause that would greet the end of his speech. More than this, severe and outspoken censure would be freely bestowed on him. Harvard means to fight its battles openly and squarely, and not to court success by bullying justice into closing an eye to foul play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/22/1887 | See Source »

Office hours at 1 Weld, 9.30 to 10.30 a. m., and 7.15 to 8 p. m. Gentlemen with questions will please think before they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notices. | 11/22/1887 | See Source »

...Ordinary people saw a magnificent exhibition of cultivated strength and beautiful daring, with very few and very slight casualities, except in a single instance; they saw a dash and courage and enthusiasm that made one think better of the mortal part of human nature; and in the end a group of eager, flushed, panting young men, exhausted somewhat, of course, with such tremendous physical effort, but bright of eye, clear of voice, and as fine to look upon, in spite of awkward garb, as any heroic figures of triumphant Greek athletes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Game of Foot-Ball. | 11/22/1887 | See Source »