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...them from complying with Yale's demand. Rule 5 says that no game shall be played out of Cambridge except on Saturday; and as the committee on athletics have already broken it once this fall in favor of the freshmen, they refused to do so again on that very account. This state of affairs was quickly made known to the Yale manager, who wrote that the class had voted not to play on Thanksgiving or after. He also asked for a proof of the faculty regulation, and this was immediately sent, signed by Dr. Sargent and professor Byerly. Here...
...their slippery way. Running and dodging were difficult feats to perform. Tackling was easy and better than previously. Falling on the ball was made attractive by the soft covering of snow which hid from view the hard ground. Burgess did some capital work and promises to give a good account of himself in the Yale game, if not injured. Hopkins of '88, also did well on account of the quickness of his movements. The game with the Graduate eleven, which was to have been played today, has been given up. This news will be a disappointment to the students...
Freshmen beware of cigarettes. According to Lieutenant Greeley's account, of the nineteen men who perished on the Arctic Expedition all but one were smokers and that one was the last to die. The seven survivors were non-smoking...
...CRIMSON:-The CRIMSON mistakes me when it makes me say that more attention is given to oratory in eastern than in western colleges; what I did say was just the opposite. Moreover competent observers, such as graduates of the Boston School of Oratory and college presidents, say, that on account of this Association, western colleges turn out better speakers than do eastern. I say nothing against the excellent instruction provided for us at Harvard; nor would the formation of an Oratorical Association imply that it was deficient, it would rather be a valuable coadjutant. So, with all deference...
...article on another page we have endeavored to present to our readers a descriptive and critical account of the university crew. All members of this university ought to take an active interest in the progress as well as the success of their crew. It should not be supposed that by electing officers and captain, and paying subscriptions, the students have done all that can be expected of them. True, this is all that can be urged as strict duty; but an active interest in the routive work of the crew is very desirable in order to make crew life pleasant...