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SECTION 2. The object of this association shall be to build up a social and quasi professional friendship among its members, and to elevate the standard of college journalism, having due regard to local demands and differences...
...meeting in Boston the other day in the interests of Roanoke College, Virginia, President Eliot of Harvard spoke in its behalf, saying: "That he was sure all present felt deeply touched by the story of the devotion and self-denial of the noble men who are bravely struggling to build up Roanoke College, doing what is to them a sacred work. For some years past he had learned of this heroic and self-sacrificing endeavor and the more he knew of the work and its representatives the more he esteemed both, and such would be the case with...
...comers to fill up the vacancies and to better the records of past years. Rumors are so unsatisfactory, that we feel much relieved that at length an opportunity is offered the freshmen to show us who and what they are, and in the future we shall be able to build our expectations upon what they are doing and not upon what they are said to have done. But, again, we can take today's work only as a promise, by no means as a realization of '86's full strength. Fall meetings never allow that steady and regular training which...
...those who desire an afternoon's quiet enjoyment, will find it well worth the trouble to witness a match. The Caughnaroago Indians have lately commenced a tour through the United States, which will probably make the game much more familiar than it now is. A swift-runner of medium build will, with a little practice, make a good player, and to those who have no taste for other athletics, the game can be highly recommended. Many exciting contests are expected this season between the various college teams. Harvard and N. Y. U. had the finest set of men last year...
...President Bartlett is gradually bringing on these results. It is not alone in Boston, Springfield, Manchester and New York city that expressions of this nature are heard among her alumni, but also in the West - in Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis. It is easier to tear down than to build up; easier to turn aside to other institutions the current of students and means than to set it back in the old channel. No one man or set of men ought to hazard so much of importance to the college for the sake of personal aggrandizement or the brief life...