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...trees that abound in all the gardens and that line the banks of the Isis are in their first and freshest foliage. The ivy and the roses are climbing walls of edifices and gardens and are now in full leaf and flower. The lawns and green-swards are as trim as art and labor can keep them, and as soft to the foot-step as velvet, and as the habit of a thousand years could make them. Today the examinations are all over, and the festivities of commemoration have begun. The men have for the most part doffed...
...Harvard freshmen have definitely declined the challenge of the Yale freshmen to play off the tie in foot-ball. The team has now been out of training for a week and it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to get into playing trim again in so short a time as is now left. Mr. Walter Oakes, the manager of the Harvard eleven, says in his letter declining the challenge, that "it is impossible to play another game, although we would like very much to play off the tie. Our semi-annuals are at hand and the men think that...
...unexpected defeat seemed to thoroughly disconcert them and a corresponding depression has followed their former confidence. No better lesson could be taught the freshmen than the one they received at Andover unless they persist in taking it the wrong way. The eleven is supposed to be only in partial trim during these preparatory games, so success or failure are one and the same so long as a steady improvement goes on. But this improvement does not seem to be going on as it should be and although some time still remains before the decisive struggle with Yale, nevertheless the team...
...they must not have too much self-confidence. These two lessons, taken well to heart and backed by earnest faithful practice, will do much toward winning their game with Yale, and we trust they will act upon the suggestion. There is yet time before them to get into excellent trim; they have abundant good material, and are well backed by the class, so all they have got to do is to make the most out of their present opportunities, and this we hope they will endeavor...
...yard behind. It was subsequently arranged that Cowie and Ritchie should settle the question at Birmingham. Time 10 1-4 s. Conflicting rumors as to the state of Cowie's health have been prevalent for some time past. We must admit that he hardly looked in his usual trim. Page-Philips striped short of work, but Ritchie, on the other hand, looked fit enough for anything. The last-named was backed at odds...