Word: glad
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...very effective to have the entire student audience join in the chorus of "Fair Harvard." Nothing could be more appropriate than such an ending to the delightful evening concerts, and the change would be welcomed by all students. The particular instance suggests a general principle which we would be glad to see observed. Whenever and wherever "Fair Harvard" is sung in a gathering of Harvard men, it should be sung in chorus of all present. The noble song of the College will be dearer to the students when they are thus familiar with it, and will quicken their love...
Harvard men would be glad to see the challenge which is on the way from Oxford and Cambridge accepted. In combination, Harvard and Yale could this year put a very strong team in the field, and could assure the representatives of the English colleges an exciting contest. The games need not in any way stand as precedent. It would be undesirable for Harvard to pledge herself to take part in regular annual meetings of the kind proposed; but if it fortunately happens that an English team can visit America, the opportunity to meet them should not be lost. Such...
...wanted now is the acceptance of the athletic authorities at Yale and Harvard. Of the Yale men who competed here in England in 1894, one of the members of the committee said today: "They are the nicest fellows in the world and true sportsmen. Therefore we would be glad to help them out and we have decided to send a challenge ourselves...
...today cabled them a challenge and we have also mailed to them a formal challenge. We, that is, Oxford and Cambridge, would be glad to take a team to America next September, to compete with Yale and Harvard, and the decision whether this match shall take place, rests with them alone. We understand that Yale and Harvard both would have preferred to have this meeting next July, but unfortunately we cannot arrange for this. Therefore it only remains to be seen whether Yale and Harvard, in their sportsmanlike desire to bring about a contest of this character, will be willing...
Next fall a circular letter will be sent to all former editors, stating the plans more in detail. The committee will be glad to have suggestions from old editors as to proper plans made before that time...