Word: mcgill
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...traditional trips to Canada by our university foot-ball teams will probably be discontinued, a few facts concerning past contests with our old rivals may prove interesting. In the fall of 1874 Harvard sent ten men, representing her foot-ball interests, to Montreal, in response to a challenge from McGill College of that city. One of our men was disabled before the match, so McGill kindly consented to play with nine men. The contest lasted three half hours and resulted in a victory for Harvard, with a score of three touchdowns to nothing. In the fall of '75 Harvard again...
...McGill fifteen visited Cambridge and were defeated by Harvard by a score of one goal and three touchdowns to nothing. In 1879 the Brittania team came down to Boston, and, after a rather exciting contest, were defeated, two goals and one touchdown to nothing. A few days later, Harvard played a return match with them in Montreal, scoring one goal to nothing for Brittania. The following Monday, in spite of snow and extremely disagreeable weather, a game was commenced with the McGill team, but, at the close of the first half, both teams were ready to withdraw and the game...
...trip to Canada was given up and the only match played with Canadians was with McGill, in which our team was victorious, with a score of two goals and two touchdowns to nothing...
...McGill University (of Montreal) authorities have seized $32,000 belonging to the estate of the late Miss Barbara Scott, to meet the legacy left by her to found a chair in the university, but which the executors would...
Trouble has arisen in McGill University between the medical students and Dr. Wright, instructor in Materia Medica. One hundred and forty-seven students demanded the resignation of Dr. Wright, and threaten to leave the college if their demand is not complied with...