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...foot-ball should certainly be what its name indicates, but under the Rugby Union as well as under the American college code, the game should be called 'wrestling foot-ball.' It would be well to give greater privileges in points of play whenever the ball is kicked and to lessen the opportunities for constant rushes. The points of 'scrimmaging,' of 'passing' and of running in with the ball, which are now features of the American college game, need not be interfered with, as they necessarily involve strategic play...
...another column a letter from the class secretary to the senior class. As he says it is but very little trouble for a man to write his class life and mail his permanent address, we hope every member of '82 will answer promptly to this request and try to lessen the labor of the secretary as much as possible...
...most of our athletes are now in active training in the gymnasium, while others will begin out-door work as early as is practicable. Mott Haven is not the place for individual rivalry between members of the same team, and such practices will only weaken the opposing contestants and lessen our chances of victory. Let all such matters be settled at our own athletic meetings, and let our representatives so divide up the events for Mott Haven that each man's powers of endurance will not be too severely tested by entering too many events...
...very interesting lecture upon "Mounds and their Contents," yesterday afternoon, to an audience which completely filled the large exhibition room of the Peabody Museum. The next lecture will be given next Thursday, and repeated the following Saturday, in order to give all the opportunity to hear, and also to lessen the crowd on each...
...upon a student, but much more good would be done were the investigating committee to inquire into the manner of studying and the regularity with which such studies are pursued. From all sides one hears complaints from the students as to the large amount of work required by instructors: lessen the work as much as possible, and still the student complains that it is too much, and cases occur where the health breaks down under the mental pressure. One cause of this can be found to lie, not so much in the quantity of work as in the regularity...