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Dates: during 1890-1899
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During the summer reports have appeared at various times that there would be a Harvard-Yale game this year. It has become very evident that a strong pressure has been brought to bear upon the Yale authorities by graduates who did not sympathize with Yale's position of last spring, and it can be safely said that there is a game "in the air." Considering the relations of the two colleges last year and the differing rules which each has adopted, it is evident that the matter of arranging a game is one which requires considerable delicacy in the handling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL BEGUN. | 9/23/1895 | See Source »

...worthy, the credit is given to their Alma Mater; and the blame for their shortcomings falls on her as well. Popular judgment of Harvard is not based on the testimony of a catalogue or of descriptive pamphlets; her fame rests, and must always rest, with the men who bear witness by their lives to the value of the training which she has given them. In her graduates and undergraduates the outer world looks to see her title to preeminence make good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/21/1895 | See Source »

...Harvard has now done all she may. They, before all others, stand in the eyes of the world as representative of Harvard's best culture; yet there is no member of the College who should not keep always in mind that he is a son of Harvard, and so bear himself that Harvard may be justified of her sons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/21/1895 | See Source »

...Harvard nine yesterday was exasperating, but it was rendered so by the fact that in every other way, their work was of high order. The life which was put into the work was a refreshing sight to all Harvard men present, and made the defeat easier to bear than most of the others during the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/21/1895 | See Source »

...while other equally worthy men are not. In a Harvard man particularly, such contempt is scarcely becoming. Throughout the history of the college, its steady development in all directions has in large part been made possible by the benefactions of just such wealthy men. Many of our University buildings bear the names of their wealthy donors; our athletic fields have been gifts to the University; our highest professional chairs have not seldom been established by the liberality of individuals; and the long list of scholarships, which have put the Harvard culture within reach of hundreds of poor students, stands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/19/1895 | See Source »

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