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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Harvard, Williams, Amherst, and Yale colleges. Of these 10 were admitted without conditions; 2 with one condition; 4 with two conditions; 2 with three conditions; 4 with four conditions; 1 with five conditions; 2 with six conditions, and only 3 failed of admission. At the same time a member of the class below was admitted with three conditions to Princeton College...
...think, for instance, that the following would wholly satisfy the captious Edwin: "Any member who is guilty of any misconduct or gross violation of any rule, or for non-payment of dues may be expelled." Or the following, where the sense is slightly obscured by a misplaced comma: "The foil must be thirty-four inches long, .... and be unattached to the hand or wrist by cord or string, to prevent "being disarmed." These, however, are mere minor points and scarcely worthy of mention...
...terror into the heart of any one but a Peirce. "The measurement shall be from the nearest break of the ground made by the ball, perpendicularly to the scratch line, extended, if necessary, to meet this perpendicular." We see now the wisdom of the provision in regard to honorary members. The Executive Committee doubtless intend to elect the Professor of Surveying an honorary member, with the special duty of performing this difficult mathematical feat. We would also suggest that the Committee make arrangements for hiring that noble instrument, the marking-machine, which has recently occupied the attention of the undergraduate...
Personal property of a member of the team handed...
...been introduced at Harvard, but the Committee deemed it advisable to include rules to govern all really good sports, thinking that such rules may be of service before long. As the cost of printing the Constitution has been by no means inconsiderable, it is to be hoped that every member of the Association will supply himself with a copy immediately. Those who enter for the sports in the Gymnasium will find it indispensable to do so. Copies may be obtained, when printed, of the officers or at the University Bookstore...