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...Eastern States during the last twenty-five or thirty years the name and face of Daniel Pratt are familiar. He, in fact, adopted himself into the fraternity of college undergraduates, looked on them as his friends, made himself at home at their tables and on their campuses, and was never so pleased as when he was exciting himself and, as he believed, arousing their enthusiasm by one of his famous addresses. Pratt's origin and early history were not known to his student acquaintances. That he was a man of a good deal of natural shrewdness he often proved...
...question is often asked why the representatives that Cornell sends to the American intercollegiate field meeting have never won anything for the university. The men that have been sent from here, have, in several cases, done performances at home quite equal to any done at other colleges; they have trained faithfully, and done everything that could be suggested by an experienced trainer to insure success, yet they have been invariably beaten...
...Disadvantages consequent upon location cannot be remedied, but the principal cause of our repeated defeats can be removed. Until there is a cinder track at Cornell, it is safe to say that our runners, at least, will never win anything at Mott Haven. Only those accustomed to running on loose cinders can show to advantage on the tracks in New York City. The long heavy stride developed on a hard, firm clay track is totally unsuited to ground that cups at every step. Practice on a cinder track, however, in time develops a short light step eminently adapted to loose...
Owing entirely to my carelessness and not to that of any other present or past officer of the boat club I never raised the balance of fifty dollars by subscription as I had originally hoped to do. The matter stood thus until January of this year, when I received a bill from Mr. Fearon reminding me of the unpaid balance of fifty dollars. This bill I gave to Mr. Coolidge, asking him to see that it was paid by the boat club, and it was accordingly paid as he states. Whatever embarassment was thus caused to the boat club...
Harvard and Cambridge have never met in this country, although a crew was sent to England by Harvard some years...