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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Freshman nine met the Seniors on Holmes Field yesterday afternoon and were defeated in a contest which was characterized by very loose playing by both teams. The seniors took a lead in the first and second innings which the freshmen could not overcome, although they played a good uphill game for seven innings. In the eighth inning the '89 team bunched their hits and with the assistance of some loose work by '92, managed to score five runs. The freshmen played without life after that...
Andover and Exeter will hold an inter scholastic tournament this year on the plan of the Intercollegiate games. The two schools have never before this year met in field sport. The tournament will be held at Exeter on June...
...captains of the crews met last evening and decided that the courses as previously drawn were impracticable. As now arranged '90 is to pass through the span on the Boston side of the draw of the Harvard Bridge, '91 will be next and both '92 and '89 will go through the next. Up to a late hour last night no rules had been arranged for the government of the race, but they will probably be the same as those of last year which are appended...
...Yale Apollo Glee and Banjo clubs met with success on their Easter trip. Twenty-five men left New York Thursday afternoon on the steamer "City of Augusta." and arrived at Savannah on Saturday night where they put up at the Pulaski House. On Sunday and Monday, the members of the clubs were taken to drive about the city, and at 5 p. m. Monday were given a reception at the home of Mr. William Gordon, '86 S. In the evening a concert was given in the Opera House before an audience numbering more than a thousand. On Tuesday morning...
...purpose of the interstate commerce act is to secure uniformity and impartiality in railroad service. The act was read at this point to show the manner in which it proposed to accomplish this. The requirements seem simple but when there is an attempt to enforce them, immediate difficulties are met. For instance, in the clause, "the charges (for transportation) shall be reasonable and just," great difficulty is found in interpreting the words "reasonable and just." To attempt to regulate the rate of transportation in proportion to the cost of the service would involve revolutionizing the railroad service...