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...city of Cambridge, for some incomprehensible reason, has forbidden any one to skate on Fresh Pond this year. At first it was thought that this action was taken for the sake of preventing persons from venturing on the ice before it was strong enough to bear. But now that the ice is four or six inches thick, this excuse for forbidding skating is no longer plausible. If the city of Cambridge is anxious to prevent accidents at the Pond, it seems to us it has adopted a very poor means for carrying out its plan. Now, there is a double...
...Such action is forbidden the United States by treaty.- Lawrence's Essays...
...games were played. In 1873 the first Intercollegiate Convention was organized and a series of games played. The game then was very different from that played now. It was purely football, as no player could carry the ball or tackle an opponent and off-side playing was not forbidden. Yale won the championship in 1873 and again in 1874, but lost it to Harvard in the following year. In 1876 and 1877 Yale again defeated Harvard, Columbia and Princeton. In 1878 some changes were made in the rules, tending to make the game closer and the number of players...
...remarkable run of Lamar's, which turned the score at the very end of the game. In 1887 the game was again a draw though the championship was virtually awarded to Yale. Until 1886 the game languished at Harvard. In fact, in 1885 it was forbidden altogether, and Harvard did not take part in any intercollegiate contests. During 1886 and 1887 a steady improvement was made and last year Harvard defeated Princeton 12 to 0 and succumbed to Yale only after a very hard battle. This year the contest promises to be closer than ever. All these colleges are doing...
...unanimous vote of the Yale faculty, all students were forbidden the use of wine, beer and intoxicating beverages of all kinds in New Haven...