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...succeeded in raising some interest in the university, and hope to do well next spring. We are already planning for a trip to New York and Philadelphia some time next May. We will have some twenty-five men trying for places on the team, and with faithful practice I think we will be able to turn out a fairly good eleven...
After describing in a few words what is provided in the way of physical culture by the corporations in the best of our literary institutions, the article proceeds to take up what is done by the students themselves: "Inherited tendencies are sufficiently strong, we think, to warrant us in grouping college students in four great classes: (1) The athletes; (2) The sporting men; (3) The scholars; (4) The idlers...
...think they rather pity Yale," is the verdict of a young lady upon the usual Harvard spirit. - [Yale...
...herself against professionalism and professional trainers in athletics, our sister colleges seem to have redoubled their efforts in the opposite direction. The latest example occurred in the proceedings of the Inter-Collegiate Rowing Association, where a proposition to employ professional coaches was voted down by a large majority. We think that the spirit which favors the introduction of professionalism into college athletics is greatly to be deplored and should be promptly discouraged, as one can easily see to what excesses the custom may be carried. As yet Harvard has had no reason to regret her course, and she hopes that...
...first place, the examination rooms have been cold. I do not think this can be remedied merely by making a fire and opening the registers at six o'clock in the morning. I am not a sexton, but I know that in well-regulated churches the sexton starts the furnace fire on Saturday, and often on Friday. In this way not only is the room sure to be warm, but the heat by that time can be adjusted to the right temperature. In buildings like Massachusetts and University, rarely used until examination time, this previsional care is almost absolutely necessary...