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...visited, from one of which two coats were taken and from the other a watch and some small change. Two men in Matthews also lost their watches and money. Two houses on Oxford street were visited, but the thieves were frightened away before anything of value was taken. As none of the doors were forced, it is probable that the thieves went through the entries and only entered the rooms whose doors they found unlocked. The work was boldly and skillfully done, and was evidently performed by experienced men. The affair has been reported to the police, and measures will...
...might have sent to headquarters for a more efficient officer. A police officer who thinks he rules the world simply because he wears brass buttons and carries a club is a public nuisance, and should be taught to draw the line between what is his duty and what is none of his business. In this matter, Leavitt and Peirce are not to blame, and are naturally much annoyed that the thing should have happened...
...members of the team have worked hard during the spring and winter months cannot be denied; but neither can the fact be ignored that such self-sacrifice has now become an essential requisite to success. The date of the Mott Haven games is now drawing near, and though none of us can foretell the result, we can all hope to see the former prestige of Harvard in track athletics fully and unquestionably restored...
...seems to us in the highest degree narrow-minded, and marks a strong check to the liberal tendency which should prevail in a great university like Harvard. Their recommendation amounts, in substance, to simply this: To prohibit all freshman intercollegiate contests in baseball, football, rowing and lacrosse; to allow none but University teams to engage in intercollegiate contests, and those only with Yale and minor New England college, thus barring out Columbia, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania and others; and to prohibit the nine, football, lacrosse team and cricket eleven from engaging in any contests-even practice games if they keep...
...faculty meeting, yesterday afternoon, no action was taken on the New York alumni baseball petition, and none will be taken on the baseball question until the Board of Overseers has expressed its views on the committee's report on athletic which was presented last week...