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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Despairing freshman - No, we don't think it unreasonable that your examination in physics should consist almost entirely of problems and formulas. The college expects that you are all going to become engineers or scientists. It is moreover a splendid discipline for the mind to cram a mass of formulas, and to neglect the general principles of the subject. And it is really silly to object because so large a proportion of the class get marks under 50 per cent., and that so many men get conditioned in this subject every year. Your course otherwise is so easy and simple...
...club nines.' But any student who shall play on a professional base-ball nine, or receive pay for his services as a player in a club nine, shall not be eligible to play in a college nine. The series of games to decide the championship of the association shall consist of two with each college club; the first game only on each home club's ground, or upon grounds mutually agreed upon, to count in the series. The greatest total of won games decides the championship. In case of a tie, one game shall be played by each club thus...
...training of the University nine (at Yale) up to within three weeks of taking the field will consist of boxing, only. - [N. H. Union.] Are we to have a repetition next spring, of the scenes on the Yale foot ball field last fall...
...students is about the same as in our institutions. Much more attention is paid to the comfort of the students than here, though we at Harvard can congratulate ourselves when we compare our condition with that of the students of smaller American colleges. At Cambridge an undergraduate's apartments consist of three large chambers, with a small pantry. The main room is a fine, airy place in which breakfast and luncheon are served by a private servant. Attached to this room is the little pantry, used for light working and storage. Two other rooms open out of the main apartment...
...Some of the energetic members of '84 started a subscription paper and the house is now in good order. The sophomore class has a number of men in training, and they have shown a desire to do some good work on the water next spring. The crew will probably consist of M. A. Newell, bow; H. C. Bumpus, No. 2; J. G. Doron, No. 3; E. B. Durfee, No. 4; E. D. Burr, No. 5; and R. Lamb, captain, No. 6. A new costume has been adopted, cosisting of blue knee pants and white boating shirt, with embroidered...