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...following is an extract from Mr. Dana's letter to the Overseers...
...engage in intercollegiate contests, and those only with Yale and minor New England college, thus barring out Columbia, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania and others; and to prohibit the nine, football, lacrosse team and cricket eleven from engaging in any contests-even practice games if they keep to the letter of their recommendation-except with other Harvard organizations on any week-day except Saturday and holidays...
...address to the college faculty by numberous signers, urging that the restriction be abolished which prevents the college nine from playing with other than amateur clubs, and a letter to the board from R. H. Dana upon the subject of athletic exercises, were received and laid on the table...
Yesterday's Herold published a long letter from R. H. Dana, '74, captain of the 'varsity crew for two years, in which he sharply criticizes the action of the Board of Overseers...
...last issue of the Advocate appears an open letter on the much-discussed subject of allowing college teams, and the nine in particular, to compete with professionals. The general force of "X's" argument must be admitted, but when he declares that our chief purpose in wishing to play professionals is to learn a few more "tricks" he puts the matter in a wholly false light. We do not want to win the championship by tricks, if by "tricks" "X" means anything underhanded or unfair. All the sentiment of the University is against it. As "X" declares, we already know...