Word: letterings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following letter, which has been received by the manager of the nine from Dr. Sargent, explains itself...
...letter from the managers of the Yale freshman nine wishes to arrange the dates of the games with our '87 nine so that the first game shall be played at New Haven. We advise '87's manager not to grant this great concession, for such it is. For the last three years, at least, according to the statement of a prominent baseball man, the first Harvard-Yale freshman game has been played at New Haven. It is a considerable advantage to play the first game on the home grounds, as the nine is then still untried in many ways...
Princeton College appears to be in a tumult. The students have held a mass meeting, have addressed the trustees and have put forth a circular letter. Unfortunately for them their troubles do not seem to be confined to the athletic resolves. Widespread espionage, exercised throughout the college and town, and an arduous system of examinations, recently introduced, figure quite as prominently as athletics. However much we felt oppressed by the premature and hasty interference of the faculty in athletics, we have never been, and do not expect to be, harassed by any prying inquiries into our private affairs by that...
...dean seems to be the chief point of attack, as he is regarded as the source of all the evil. The circular letter says of him: The students say that matters have reached a crisis and think that publicity is the only means of obtaining relief from their grievances. For this reason they have not only petitioned the trustees, but have set the matter before the general public...
...implied, whereby his becoming or continuing a member of such club would be of any pecuniary benefit to him whatever, direct or indirect." When we see a man devoting nearly his whole time to the oar and indulging in expensive habits, we know that he cannot keep within the letter of the amateur law, unless he has a fixed income; and if we happen to know that he has no property which yields an income, the conclusion is irresistible that he is pecuniarily benefited, directly or indirectly, by continuing a member of the club. And when we see an athlete...