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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...usual secret practice of the University eleven began yesterday afternoon, although it has not been the custom in former years to hold it so long before the final games. The first eleven was able to break up the guards-back plays completely, owing to the presence of Burden in the line-up and to the improvement Coach Lewis has brought about in the defense. He has introduced new features in the defense to be employed against Pennsylvania's style of play which are calculated to be more effective than ever...
...School Debating Club, which has been organized with a membership limited to twenty-five, will hold its first meeting on Friday. The club will be conducted this year on the plan which has proved so successful formerly. Meetings will be held every other Friday, at which the four principal speakers will have five minutes for opening speeches, and five minutes for rebuttal, after which the debate will be open to the house. The first debate will be on the Philippines question...
With the Brown game only two days distant, the practice yesterday consisted of two hard halves against the second eleven, twenty and ten minutes long respectively. Although the defense was strong enough to hold the second for downs as often as the latter got the ball, the team work on the offensive was somewhat ragged. Not only were the men very careless about getting off before the ball, but also four times in the course of the practice the 'Varsity was penalized for offside play. The most encouraging feature of the practice was the brilliant playing of the tackles. Although...
...will enter simultaneously by the four entrances. J.H. Twichell, Yale '59, as senior member of the Corporation, will deliver the oath of office. After the ceremonies have been finished and President Hadley has delivered his inaugural address, the guests will go to the Art School, where President Hadley will hold a reception...
...Weld Club will hold its annual fall regatta on October 24. An entirely new plan for the races will be tried this year. Instead of having the events come off in the basin, below Harvard Bridge, they will be rowed in the short stretch above the Boylston Street Bridge. This arrangement will make the races less than a third of a mile long, or about eighty strokes. Cups will be given, and an entry fee of twenty-five cents will be charged...