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...scene before Mr. Eliot's house last night will remain forever in the memories of those who attended the mass meeting in the Union. It was a happy thought of the Student Council to decide on the presentation to the retiring president of some token of the undergraduates' esteem for him and for his achievements, and the night of his with-drawal from office was the most appropriate time for the occasion. The chief charm of the incident lay in its unexpectedness and spontaneity. After the words of presentation, Mr. Eliot spoke to the men assembled there in his usual...
President Eliot then expressed his appreciation of this token of the esteem of the undergraduates in the following words...
...North and soldiers of the South. Memorial Hall was built as a tribute to the gallantry of those who fell fighting for the Union. Probably a greater number left Harvard to join Confederate ranks than fought in the war with Spain. Would it not be a fitting token of the cessation of strife and the knitting of severed bonds to establish a memorial to those sons of Harvard, no less her sons for having joined battle against the majority of their classmates...
...remaining thirteen men, comprising the substitutes taken to New Haven, are not recognized by the awarding of any insignia. The second team, an inferior body of players, on the other hand, are awarded the "H 2nd." Is it not manifestly unfair that the substitutes are not awarded some token for their valuable services? Every man on the track team who is entered in the dual meet with Yale is given an "AHA." It seems to the writer that every man who is taken to New Haven with the football team as a substitute or who is on the University squad...
...close of Coach Haughton's speech, he was presented with a watch in token of the appreciation of the graduates for his work. Major Higginson presented all the members of the team with small gold footballs in memory of their victory...