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...itself, it will give a very fair notion of what the national convention is like. The mock convention is one of those things which will be a great success if the men will take of it in the right spirit and determination to carry it off well. We understand that each man is to sit with his own state as in the regular convention, and that presidential nominations will be made for all parties. With the large portion of the college which ought to be present, the results of the voting will be rather instructive and full of meaning...
...with the nine to Providence will have a good chance or getting a better idea of how the game of cricket is played. One of the reasons why the college takes so little interest in the game is that most of the men do not understand the fine points of the playing. Almost any game would seem dull to those who could not appreciate what the players were striving for; and many a game which in its crudeness is rather slow, becomes remarkably interesting when the more subtle plays are understood. Cricket at Harvard seems to suffer from this very...
...will not only give the team an enjoyable trip, but will afford them two excellent matches. The granting of this petition may seem at first sight like an inconsistent infringement of the New England rule, but a little consideration will show that the action is perfectly consistent. As we understand it, the New England rule was made to restrict the course which the athletics of the time were taking. If the condition of things has so changed that it appears for the best interests of Harvard athletics that the rule should in a certain case be broken...
...help their crew. They seem to have realized what an important and beneficent factor they can become in giving the crew sufficient support to allow it to go to New London, and they have decided to make their help as great as possible. They are to give, we understand, quite a large number of concerts, and are to devote all the proceeds, above bare necessary expenses, to supporting their crew. Such little luxuries as a dinner we believe they mean to deny themselves, in order that they may do their very best to make the raising of funds easy. This...
...weeks before the last Saturday in May," thereby setting the games for this year on May 14. With the date thus fixed it lay with the Yale to choose a place. As the meeting was held in secret, nothing definite can be said, but we are given to understand that Harvard was willing to accept any grounds which Yale should name. What Mr. Whitney can find unsportsmanlike in this, it is hard...