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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...suppose, however, that music had been unheard at Harvard before that date. The Pierian Sodality and the Glee Club, as is well known, had furnished delectation for years to many successive classes of undergraduates; indeed, in the "Exhibitions" which used to be held under college authority twice a year, the Pierian is always down upon the programme as supplying the music; and the singing of the Glee Club on the green at Class Day is renowned. Professor Paine himself had conducted the chapel choir since 1862; and for a number of years prior to 1870 the catalogue had a meagre...
...eleven, by the rules of the faculty, could only play upon Saturday, the Yale men insisted upon some other day, but finally with a bad grace, yielded to the just demands of our freshmen. Then the affair was considered settled. The action of Yale in agreeing to the date was published in all the papers; a gentleman who holds a prominent position upon our team was informed orally by Yale that the game would be played upon the date so published; and the Harvard men accordingly, held themselves in readiness to go down to New Haven on Friday. Meanshile...
...team very seriously. It was an error of judgment on the part of the captain to refuse to play with a team on which there were three substitutes, however crippled the team might be. And it was not fair to Harvard to notify her at so late a date that the team could not play, If no decision had been reached before in the matter, on that account alone the team were bound to play...
...following statement, made by the manager of the Harvard Freshman eleven, explains the peculiar relations which have resulted in the forfeiture of the annual foot ball game to Harvard, by the refusal of Yale to play the game upon the date agreed upon...
...Yale freshmen have acted in a strange manner about our class game would be putting it mildly indeed. We feel that we have not had a fair deal in this matter, and, what is more. Yale can in no way justify her position. On the matter of choosing a date, we had absolutely no choice. Saturday, Nov. 15 and the morning of the day before Thanksgiving were the only times Yale would even think of playing. About three days before the 15th, we received a telegram saying, "Will play Saturday or not at all." This was the first hint...