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Dates: during 1900-1909
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About twenty men reported yesterday afternoon to Captain F. A. Harding of the second baseball team. Two teams were chosen, and a practice game was held, although no definite line-up was used...
This indicates the most important phase of the value of Thucydides's historical work, namely, trustworthiness. Although it took a large amount of firm independence, Thucydides departed entirely from historical methods current in his day and emphasized accuracy as the prime necessity of history...
...yesterday afternoon between two picked teams of the University baseball squad, and resulted in a victory of 13 to 7 for Team A, on which were most of the members of last year's University team. Several batteries were tried from the second string men, and worked fairly successfully, although there was considerable wildness at times, and seven bases on balls were given in all. Only the fielding candidates took part in the batting, which was by far the most creditable performance of the day. Of last year's team, Briggs, Simons, and Dana each secured two hits. Two hits...
Against Princeton our recent record has been woeful indeed-four consecutive defeats in as many years. Although more successful against our Yale opponents, we are no longer looked upon as leaders in the art of argumentation, in which our pre-eminence had always been attributed to our acknowledged leadership in academic affairs. Certainly Harvard undergraduates are no less scholarly today than in the past; but they have lost sight of the splendid training that participation in an intercollegiate debate affords. Debating at Harvard is in a dangerous rut; its supporters are no longer representative of every side of Harvard activity...
...variation was introduced into the practice of the University baseball squad yesterday afternoon, when a sort of practice game was held. Two teams in which changes were made from time to time were pitted against each other, although the batteries did not change with the teams. In the course of the practice several batteries were tried, but none of the first string pitchers were used. It was the first opportunity for outdoor batting and pitching, and several of the batters showed up to good advantage against the second string pitchers...