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...other colleges to consider the subject of athletics, one of the speakers unbosomed himself thus: "Athletics have come to the pass where they are no longer fair and open trials of strength and skill, but on the contrary, as at present conducted, they train the young men to look upon victory as the rewards of treachery and deceit. That this is the case, anyone who has seen the game of baseball as it is played by the so-called best college nines will at once admit. For the pitcher, instead of delivering the ball to the batter in an honest...
...last year reckoned among the best oarsmen in college. It will be practically an '83 crew, and that class always held an enviable position on the water from the time when, as freshmen, they walked away from the other boats in their very first race.'84 will have to look out if they intend to win a race while they are in college, or else they may see the coveted laurels carried off by a crew many of whom have contended with them hitherto upon the Charles...
Duels among the German students are not caused by personal enmity, but arranged by committees specially appointed by the several classes to look after this branch of athletic (?) sports. It is the duty of the class committee to produce a man who may sustain the honor of the class by proving himself the best swordsman in the university. The happy student who is chosen is often ignorant of his opponents names. He may refuse, if he will, but as it is considered a great honor to represent the class he seldom declines to fight. As class feeling runs high, duels...
...their instincts and surroundings make them. An educated gentlemen is apt to be a gentleman even though he be a student; and being a student doesn't prevent him from being a rowdy, if he was born such. Mobs of course lose the human instinct; and we need not look to college-life to find examples of men who act like ruffians when in a crowd...
...they lack the educational resources. The common school system of the State is defective. When I made my first donations towards establishing the university I was not aware the property so given would be taxed. Such treatment of property given for such purposes is unheard of in the North. Look at Princeton College! It has had millions of dollars given to it, to be managed by its officers and trustees. The state has nothing to do with it-does not interfere in the slightest degree. Not long ago it was determined to establish a school for boys, to train them...