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...which went to England three summers ago, as well as several other well-known players. The Harvard eleven should receive some support from the college to aid them in playing an up-hill game, and certainly the encouragement always infused in a team by cheering would not come in amiss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/13/1888 | See Source »

...article Harvard is sure to win, while Yale has no chance at all. Now we have sufficient faith in the officers of the H. A. A. to know that they are not likely to be taken in by such reports, but nevertheless a word of warning will not be amiss. We all know the old cry which goes up every year to the effect that the Yale crew or the Yale nine has no chance at all; but we also know that Harvard has to strain every muscle to win a victory over the boys in blue. Such words...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/23/1888 | See Source »

...appropriated by women. Those of large experience are much smaller in number, but the chances are increasing. The prizes of considerable moment, as in most professions, are not many in number. The requirements are very various, and, as a rule, it may be stated that no knowledge comes amiss to a librarian. The preferable knowledge depends wholly upon the kind of library he is to control and the sort of people to whom he is to minister. In general terms, I should say that in fitting one's self for work in a miscellaneous library the best thing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Requirements and Opportunities of the Librarian's Profession. | 12/12/1887 | See Source »

...season for tennis is now at hand, and it may not be amiss to make a suggestion to the management of the tennis association. Every player knows the bother and inconvenience of having to rush across another man's court to get a stray ball. There is no reason why there should not be stop-nets about every court, as the expense of getting them and putting them up would be very slight. By following this hint we believe the management will earn the thanks of all lovers of tennis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/14/1887 | See Source »

...many good verse-makers of which Eighty-seven is possessed, and that the chorister will have more than one song offered. While we would not cast any reflection upon the character of previous songs, and humbly trust that we appreciate their merits, we feel that it would not be amiss, if the chorister were supplied with several contributions, from which to make a selection. We believe that we are right in saying that such has not been the case in the past. We hope that more men will try to compose words for the class song this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/24/1887 | See Source »

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