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...Work, hard and conscientious work must be enforced. By no other method can a freshman nine obtain the coveted championship. When the nine don their uniforms for the first time, they must understand that it means something else besides the desire of their classmates to see them look "pretty." It was only by continual practice and strict attention to duty that '89 won two straight games from Yale, and if '91 would follow her example, the same conditions must be imposed. Let the score at Andover show that the freshman nine may, this year, be relied upon...
...many respects it is the most disagreeable of the year, the weather is usually abominable during its ten weeks, and the assiduous application necessary for the mid-year examinations render it difficult for all members of the college. As a reslt from these unpleasant features we naturally look forward to the Easter recess as a period of relaxation from our duties, and a time of social enjoyment at home. As we are about to leave we cannot help but think of the heroic conduct and self-denial of those men on the various athletic teams who remain in training...
...been added since the war, and a large number of duties have been materially lessened. England is constantly pointed out to us as an example of a country whose prosperity is due to free trade, but even England employs protection when it is for her interest to do so. Look at her system of subsidizing her shipping. Up to 1885 she had already paid $273.563,000 in protecting and developing her commerce by means of mail subsidies. It is said that the present tariff needs reform, that it is full of inequalities and abominations. No man would do other than...
...table. After dinner he was closeted with Captain Stevenson and ex-Captain Cowles. Cook is very reticent in giving information about the crew; he does not commit himself even so far as to state its strength compared with those of former years. He went out in the afternoon to look the men over and see what progress they had made with the stroke. it is highly probable that there will be a considerable weeding out of the candidates soon, and the selection of the crew that is to race with Harvard will be made immediately after...
This sale gives to those who look for bargains in books the best opportunity that the Society has ever offered...