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...been supported sufficiently to enable it to act as a deterrent. If lettermen were to be admitted into House sports, other men might play on the lower teams, or match their mettle with the mighty if they so desired. To some extent such an arrangement would undoubtedly be a makeshift, with the all attendant difficulties peculiar to compromise measures. It would, however, augment the spirit of inter-House rivalry; should any sport suffer from a loss of members attracted to the House fields, it would deserve to be eliminated...
...Vagabond loves not a cold ride through tortuous traffic, even though he may find a goal in a new haven. No more is he thrilled by the prospect of a makeshift bed in the room of one to him had stranger. Even more reluctantly does he embrace the task of wresting precious tickets from the hands of those whose God-given work it would seem to be to keep them hidden in the filling cases on Harvard Street. Then there is the bitter disappointment when he reaches for the flagon, and finds only the flask...
Strengthened by a passing and line defense which refused to let its opponents score, the makeshift Crimson team came back into the running last Saturday, and proved that with similar improvement and a stronger starting lineup it would be able to do even better against Yale next week...
Like an orphan living around with relatives, the Supreme Court has had many a makeshift home since it first sat, with no business to transact, in the Royal Exchange, New York City, in 1790. That same year with the rest of the Government it was moved to Philadelphia where it occupied a back room on the second floor of City Hall. In 1800 it was transferred to Washington and assigned a clerk's office off the old Senate chamber in the unfinished Capitol. There John Marshall became Chief Justice. In 1810 the Court was put into the Capitol basement...
...ridiculous for a team to win the championship and then be broken up before the one intercollegiate contest. To keep the game from degenerating into a farce, makeshift teams should not meet Yale. Either ineligible men should be allowed in this game or should not play at all. Their right to competitive exercise is undeniable, and the Harvard Athletic Association would be wise to modify the rule to fit those circumstances...