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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...show that the step taken at the second meeting was not a step backward. It is for them to prove by immediate and liberal contributions that they have some sincere feeling, and that their indignation did not evaporate in words-words which are so easy to utter and mean so little...
...months. We wish to lay particular stress on the large proportion of absolutely new men who have entered. This increased active interest in the sport not only promises well for furture intercollegiate track contests, but also promises that a large number of distinctly new athletic men (by which we mean men who would not try for any university team) will be attracted to one of the most enjoyable and healthy sports in existence...
...fifth for Newark, Hallowell muffed Mansell's fly and Mansell reached second. Childs hit to short, who, with Alward, caught Mansell between second and third. Childs mean-while reached second, took third on Sullivan's sacrifice, and scored on Gilbert...
...slam their note-book covers five minutes before the close of recitations in some of the larger courses. As Ninety-three has grown older an improvement has been observable in this respect. But one practice remains, which, if possible, is still more annoying than the one just mentioned. We mean the practice, unfortunately not confined to Ninetythree, of leaving the lecture room during the hour. The disturbance occasioned by only one man's leaving the room while the lecturer is speaking often breaks the thread of the lecturer's thought, and so wastes time for him and the whole class...
...notices, and we hope by mentioning it at once to prevent its recurrence this spring. We are informed that a few days ago, when the courts were all in demand, two outsiders watched their chance and took possession of a court. They stayed there all the afternoon, and mean while a number of Harvard men were wandering about in a vain search for a place to play. When the employee of the Tennis Association was informed of the intrusion, he not unnaturally hesitated about ejecting them, fearing some mistake. The Tennis Association ought, however, to be stricter in enforcing...