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...Matthews '05, substitute quarterback, prepared at Andover where he played end. He was captain of the school baseball team. He is 28 years old weigh 151 pounds and is 5 feet 8 inches in height...
Captain M. A. Davidson, who has played on the team for the past three years, has developed into an excellent fullback, and his playing has been compared favorably with that of McCracken, fullback last year. Of the other backs, Snook, who plays right halfback and weighs less than 150 pounds, is perhaps the most reliable man and is sure of his position. Butler has been considered the best man for left halfback but it is doubtful whether he will be able to hold his place against Reynolds, a freshman. Both players have shown up well throughout the season, but Reynolds...
Doubtless there were valid objections to the annual trip of the musical clubs, o it would not have been abandoned. Today it should by all means be permitted for the benefits which it would secure to the University would out weigh a hundred times the difficulties involved. Granted that it would necessitate a recess longer than is given at present, it is yet by no means sure that a longer holiday would not be advisable. Other colleges find it possible to grant a week more than Harvard, and in at least two cases they require fully as much work during...
...weeks, Captain McBride has not entered the recent practice. Sharpe, who has been Yale's best ground-gainer so far this season, and who will do all the drop-kicking, is playing left halfback. For the other halfback position, there are several prominent candidates. As Sharpe and McBride both weigh over 180 pounds, a lighter man for end-circling has been sought and found in Kiefer. Against the smaller colleges he has shown fine ability to score. Adams, of last year's freshman team, and Shattuck, substitute on the '98 'varsity, are two other light men whose work has been...
There are different fields of serviceableness to one's country. Enlist for only one motive,- the desire to serve your country at whatever sacrifice of self. Weigh well comparative duty to family and the comparative utility of the profession or occupation to which you have been accustomed to look for ward...