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...university at large we can safely guarantee that the second nine will not have to go begging for suitable candidates. The Freshman Nine can also gain great benefit from such an organization, and all will agree that it is high time for steps to be taken to prevent the almost proverbial victory of Yale's Freshman Nines. Many minor advantages could be suggested, such as the extra inducement for regular practice to foot-ball men, a more efficient manner of training for 'Varsity substitutes, and the evidently desirable opportunity for the regular 'Varsity to practice as a nine instead...
...race between veterans. A Yale man thinks that "The present material is first-rate; the training is quite satisfactory, though it has not been so strict as in some former years. It will be a hard crew to beat.' And the correspondent continues: "This last conclusion would occur to almost any one. All the men booked for places are 'beefy.' All the places are in reality assigned except the bow. This is the arrangement as it stands: Folsom, '83, stroke; Storrs, '82, No. 7; Parrott, '83, No. 6; Hall, (captain), '83, No. 5; Hyndman, '84, No. 4; F. W. Rogers...
Eleven hundred dollars of the fund asked in aid of Mrs. Ko and her family have been subscribed. Almost $2000 have been raised to aid in the education of the children...
...several instances they have felt impelled to declare their views and systems. One instructor has said, "60 per cent. is a very good mark," while another of equal authority and prominence has declared that 70 per cent. is merely "a defensive mark," and supports his view by giving almost all the men in his elective who do any work a mark above that limit, such marks being exceptional in the other course. Between these range numerous other instructors' views which are diverse and conflicting to a degree that is appalling to the seeker for honors. Recitations are supposed...
...better way can, perhaps, be proposed than that which it was the aim of the American Academy of Medicine to establish and foster, viz: a return to the ancient rule of four years' preparatory college training and three years in the medical school in place of the now almost universally prevalent...