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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Perhaps one of the most curious accounts in the book is a long article on the "Burial of Mr. Football" in the year 1861, when the annual Sophomore-Freshman rush was forbidden by the Faculty. An excerpt from the account is printed: "Dearly Beloved: We have met together upon this mournful occasion to perform the sad office over one whose long and honored life was put to an end in a sudden and violent manner. Last year at this very time, this very place, our poor friend's round, jovial appearance (slightly swollen, perhaps), and the elasticity of his movements...
...Excerpt from Chapman's Letter...
...undergraduate.--before he dreamed of the rewards which were to crown his later efforts. An earnest student whose ability was recognized while still in college, Governor Long in his reminiscences tells of his dreary days in Cambridge. In this essay so gracefully done by Mr. Thayer is an excerpt from Governor Long's writings which is especially intimate and interesting...
...Eleven Harvard men against eleven Yale men plus about fifty thousand Yale graduates and other supporters -- this was the system that used to beat Harvard in the old days." This is an excerpt, from Coach Haughton's speech at the mass meeting last night. He guaranteed that the players will do their part if the other undergraduates do theirs. Today's parade gives an opportunity for the display of the sort of enthusiasm Coach Haughton has asked for--the sort that puts heart into a team. Every man who can should be in the parade. A class is the only...
President Eliot on December 19, 1912, gave an address before the Massachusetts Bar Association on "The Causes of Dissatisfaction With the Courts." The current Alumni Bulletin has reprinted the address in full. Below the CRIMSON prints an interesting excerpt from it on one of the several points which were made by President Eliot...