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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Lampoon which comes out this evening is of such general interest that it is rather an exceptional number. As is only natural Lampy is apt to get into a rut and find it difficult to cater to the demands of the college public. Taken as a whole, however, the present issue is eminently successful. There is one drawback. Take-offs on college professors form part of the Lampoon's ordinary stock in trade, are usually harmless, and often true to life. The take-off in the present number is not wholly of this description and might well be suppressed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The New Lampoon. | 12/1/1897 | See Source »

...money is needed to pay the rent and to furnish the room, and though the sum required is about one thousand dollars, it should not be difficult te raise that sum for such a purpose. If five hundred only of our students subscribe two dollars each, the difficulty will be overcome...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WORKINGMEN'S READING ROOM. | 11/24/1897 | See Source »

...Brown game, but, his leg weakening, he has been unable to maintain the pace. Cozzens too has suffered from injuries. He tackles well and gets good speed in running but is not entirely a safe back. Haughton is kicking well and accurately, with a twist that is difficult to catch. He gets off quickly with the interference, but does not get his man as he should. He is strong on the defense. Brown has not shown his best this year, having started the season too fine and never really struck his pace. His fumbling has been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD'S ELEVEN. | 11/11/1897 | See Source »

...friends, and every signature on a blank means that the signer accepts the favor as such. Just how any gentleman can distort that privilege of application into a license to fleece his friends by compelling them to do without seats or pay extortionate prices for them, it is difficult to understand. Some methods of making money are forbidden by law and called dishonesty. Others are forbidden by common decency and are called dishonorable. Those who have utilized the football game for business purposes may class their transactions in the second category, but on the whole to a man of self...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/11/1897 | See Source »

After the regular practice, the second eleven, with Hallowell as quarter, played a fifteen-minute half with the Law School team and won by a score of 12 to 0. Shaw kicked both goals which were difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Football. | 11/5/1897 | See Source »

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