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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...will hold a series of handicap games on Berkeley oval on April 19. The events will be 120-yards hurdle, 100-yards dash, 600-yards run, 1000-yards run, running high jump, running broad jump. An entrance fee of fifty cents will be charged, and the entry list will close April 15. Entries should be sent to John Graham...
When the very moderate grade of the Harvard College admission examinations is considered, it seems absurd that the average age of the entering classes should be close to nineteen years; yet such is still the case. Comparison with foreign countries in this respect is mortifying. In England, France, of Germany, boys of sixteen, or at the most seventeen, are as far advanced in their education as are college freshmen here. More than this, what they have learned they are familiar with in a way unknown to the boy who has here squeezed through college examinations which are often the sole...
...Princeton was the joint debate with Harvard held on March 27th. Great interest was manifested in it both by the students and faculty, and it was clearly shown that the interest in literary contests is not inferior to that of athletics. A very large audience was present, and close attention was paid to the speakers, who were frequently applauded. While the result was not what Princeton had hoped for, every one who heard the debate was satisfied that the decision of the judges was eminently just. The arguments advanced by both sides were clear and forcible, and the contest...
...shall we not perform a greater service for the world by going forward under proper rules and regulations? We may grant that limbs are broken and lives lost; but we must remember that there is no form of life's activity which is not attended with risk. We close our eyes to all danger to limb and life when questions of business are concerned. If the world can afford to sacrifice the lives of men for commercial gain, it can much more easily afford to make similar sacrifice upon the altar of vigorous and unsullied manhood. The question...
...distinguish themselves, but the latter showed up well at the bat. Winslow at third made one rather inexcusable error, but otherwise played a good game. Dean at second played steadily, but needs to be a little quicker. Hayes and Stevenson covered first without an error. It is a close race for this position between the two, with the advantage slightly in Hayes's favor, as he is the stronger at the bat. Paine and Highlands pitched an easy game, but they held the visitors down to seven hits. Altogether, Harvard found no difficulty in hitting Sedgwick, and batted out seventeen...