Word: felted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ineligible who has played for four years on any 'varsity team. It is the intention of the present management to send as many of these men as possible to the various preparatory schools at different times during the spring to show the interest which Harvard feels and always has felt in the schools which send graduates to Harvard. Such men, from their varied experience in baseball are able to give a great deal of useful information to a captain which if acted upon would enable a school to be represented by a stronger nine than would otherwise be possible...
FACULTY OPINION.Members of the Faculty naturally felt hesitancy in commenting upon their action. Dean Briggs thought it best not to give any account of the way the vote was passed, but the impression received from other sources was that the vote, as passed, was not the result of prolonged deliberation, although the subject of placing restrictions on intercollegiate football had received considerable attention. One member of the Faculty said that he thought that the consideration which most affected the action was that the principal games had become such large and unwieldy affairs and attracted so many persons...
...great deal of dissatisfaction is felt here among boarders at the University Dining Hall, with many features of the present system of managing that institution. A petition is being circulated among its patrons asking that the complete management be entrusted, after the manner of the system in vogue at Harvard, to a committee composed of members of the Faculty and of students boarding at the "Commons." This plan has met with approval and as the petition is practically unanimous, it is thought that the Faculty can hardly fail to act on the suggestions embodied...
...Many ladies were present who fainted away at the awful cries of the injured players. The indignation felt towards the brutality of the students was powerful, but terror so dominated the spectators that nobody dared interfere...
...more than $24,000. In spite of the prevailing depression of business during the year, the income of the University from invested funds declined only very slightly, and there was considerable increase of tuition fees. This increase in the College alone amounted to nearly $14,000. The reductions were felt by the instructors in three directions: Most of the appropriations for collections and laboratories were reduced by 20 per cent; the amount of printing done for the benefit of their classes were sensibly reduced; and the amount paid for assistants to instructors, outside the salary list, was diminished...