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...made a flattering contrast. The fielding of Yale, as we said above, was extremely loose. Wright should be credited with a fine catch in left field, however, and all agreed that Bentley's catching behind the bat was as good as anything in the game. We rather disliked the way Yale broke through the old custom of returning cheers after the match...
...Williams, Yale '73, who acted as umpire. The play of our Freshmen showed very great improvement over that displayed in their games here, only two errors, we believe, being their share of the day's blunders. As the record shows, the game was all one way from the first, and resulted in a Harvard victory of 25 to 4. '76 is the first Freshman Class that has beaten Yale since '71, and we heartily congratulate the Nine upon their success...
...much better to be moderate in business and study, as in other things! We might well copy, in this respect, the more staid and phlegmatic English and Germans; to be sure, these have their faults, but the most certain way to gain any end is by a safe and thoughtful process, rather than by a violent, hasty action; and the straightest path to success in study is not by excessive application, but by a judicious and reasonable division of one's time between diligence and diversion...
...branches of knowledge instead of an acquaintance with all; in answer, two considerations might be brought up, - one the effect on character of becoming perfectly certain in some department of learning, feeling that in one thing at least success has been attained and not merely half-way work; the other an argument from the desire for culture - true culture - itself the training of the whole mind, not by vague ideas gained in careless study or reading, but by definite, clear-cut knowledge of that for which we feel ourselves most fitted...
...ertake him on his way...