Word: comee
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...undergraduate principle, there is practically nothing to be said against it. Graduate students have not, as a rule, the time to give to athletics which the captaincy of a team demands. Even if they had time it is much better that the captains of the teams should come from the college, for the college is the real centre of the athletic activity. We look upon this decision of the committee with regard to undergraduate captains, as another step along the line of that sensible legislation in athletic affairs which Harvard has done so much to forward in recent years...
...petition states in substance that those who support it wish to have no change in the nature of the Annex until it may be incorporated as a department of Harvard University, and that they much prefer to receive the certificate now given until such a time shall come, no matter how far distant...
Fennessy '96, stroke of last year's crew, and Captain Davis are the only old men who are sure of rowing this year. Newell '94 will come out if it is positively necessary, and although Vail and Fearing are in the Law School, neither of them will...
...catch Wiggin and Highlands are Scannell '97, Henry '96, and O'Malley '96. O'Malley has not come out yet and of the other two Scannell possibly has an advantage over Henry. He caught on the Boston Latin School nine two years ago with a fair record. He has in him the possibilities of a strong catcher and it will rest with him to make the necessary development in the next three or four months to secure a place for himself. In case these men fail to come up to the standard, Corbett will have to go behind...
...other positions on the nine will be subject to close competition. The candidates will not be called out until after the mid-years. New men may come to light then, but the material which is now known to be available probably represents the best that can be had. There are two freshmen of promise, Paine and Stevenson, both from Hopkinson's School. Paine will probably try for first base in case he fails to make a favorable impression in pitching. Dickinson '94 is the only other candidate for that position...