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Rutherford B. Hayes was a quiet, unobtrusive man, who has been greatly misunderstood. While President Garfield was dying at Elberon, Mr. Wise went to Mr. Arthur's house to tell him of the President's condition. He was a man of great ability, with a thorough knowledge of the duties of this office. Grover Cleveland was a Democrat whose power lay in his conservatism. Whatever he did, he took the consequences for. Mr. Harrison, who was our next President, was a clear-minded, clever lawyer, but narrow and bigoted in religious matters. Mr. Wise first met William McKinley in Congress...
Nothing could have been more satisfying than Saturday's game. Harvard men all over the country have been awaiting this victory for a good while and now it is theirs to enjoy. It was a clean-cut, hard-earned victory, one in which an evenly balanced Harvard team of great power and resourcefulness outwitted and outgeneralled a Yale team which was well up to the average, but which met a team even cleverer and more determined than themselves when they tried to pull another game out of the fire in the second half. It was a source of the keenest...
...more than Captain Burr the pleasure and thrill of leading a team to victory. His has been the spirit of that team from the very first game to the last. It was wise, however, not to let him play as his shoulder was in such condition that he ran great risks of being permanently injured. We admire his pluck and his skill and are thankful for what he has done for Harvard football...
...give two public readings from the First Part of "Faust" this evening and Tuesday, December 1, in Emerson J, at 8 o'clock. Students of German are advised to bring texts to follow the reading. This evening's reading will be from the beginning of Part I, giving the great philosophical scenes; the second will give the "Tragedy of Gretchen...
...will be a great game, the greatest of the year. Who can tell whether a Yale team which has only recently found itself can rise to the occasion and gain victory from a Harvard team whose progress has been consistent, steady and rightly timed to meet occasions as they appeared? Who can tell whether Yale strategic ability, the result of long and constant application, can cope with Harvard's newly applied organization of football intelligence and come out the victor...