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...that cannot be jeopardized for the mistakes of the past. The present manager must have wit enough to see that he has a great task before him, and if he will publish what amounts he deems necessary for this year beyond what is already received we believe he will awaken a little of the lethargy which arises from ignorance and not from indisposition...
...publish to-day, is worthy of perusal. It is a concise summing up of college sports and the position which they hold in the mind of the public. Secluded from the world as much as college men are, these considerations from the outside are always interesting and serve to awaken us from our lethargy as well as to create an interest in college affairs among those who have no personal concern in them...
...published which contain as much of an interesting nature to the students of the college as the December number of the Magazine of American History. The first article, "Our Country Fifty Years Ago," is a summary of Lafayette's visit to this country in 1824 and cannot fail to awaken in the minds of every one who reads it the appreciation of the vast strides in culture and wealth which has been made in the United States during the past half-century. The present generation are apt to forget the condition of their country so many years ago, and neglect...
Yale has never been noted for the success of her tug-of-war team, although there is no scarcity of good material in college. Last season the meeting with Columbia at the armory did much to awaken an interest in that sport here, and the team which represented Yale last Spring was the best she ever sent out. This fall a series of pulls between six teams representing the entire university, have been arranged, each team to pull three times with every other team, and the final pull to be a feature of the winter games. It is hoped...
...begins today marks another step in the downward path which seems to be the one destined for Harvard in athletic sports. The report of our defeats of last June, which are published today according to custom, open the wounds which were partly healed during the summer recess, and must awaken in the hearts of everyone who claims to possess any love for Harvard, serious thoughts as to the reason for our continued discomfiture. It is true, indeed, that athletics are not the main purpose of college life, but nevertheless, "Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well...