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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...base-ball cage is finished, and a short description of it may be of interest. The building is 140 feet long by 50 feet wide, 16 feet high at the sides and 26 at the highest point of the trusses, on which the roof is supported, or a mean height of 21 feet. There is afforded, therefore, an inclosed space of nearly 5,400 cubic yards. One end of the cage is doubly boarded to furnish a solid smooth surface for hand-ball practice. On the inside the ceiling is formed by wire netting, which extends the whole length...
...standards and in methods, we must be convinced that it is impossible at present to lay down any common rule by which degrees are to be awarded. But it is very surprising to find sometimes that degrees of the same grade granted by the same college do not always mean the same thing. This is true of the degree A. M. given by Harvard. A graduate of the college may obtain this degree by pursuing for one year a course of study under proper direction. The amount of work required is generally the equivalent of four regular courses. Candidates have...
...harm. If the game is won, is it not natural for the victors to celebrate their victory? What harm can be done by the discharge of a few fireworks, rockets and bombs, or the building of a bon-fire-in a judiciously selected place? Of course we do not mean to countenance wanton destruction or endangering of property, but we cannot believe that a mild celebration is out of place or deleterious to the healthful tone of college spirit. The president speaks of the "trickery condoned by a public opinion which demands victory." This is certainly not a prevalent abuse...
...impression this episode gave me of the debilitated tone of social responsibility here was startling. By social responsibility I mean the willingness to act for the social ideal, no matter how much obstructive individuals have to suffer. In this sort of civic courage our race has led history; and why it should be so lacking here I do not know. Perhaps my vision of the facts is distorted. But it seems to me that, if it is not, this is the reform in "college opinion" which we most deeply need. If individuals cannot be sent to Coventry, no matter what...
...prospects for a nine this year would be good if we had a pitcher who could compete with Stagg. There remain three months to develop such a man. Our article this moring on the candidates says that a number of men are anxious for the position and mean to work for it. This must be done or we shall lose another championship which although not so near our grasp as was the foot-ball, is still within the range of possibility. Harvard does not wish to add another series of defeats to the performances of the last two years...