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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...player before he could claim the ball as his. This always occasioned the roughest of play. Sometimes a player would seize the ball and then lay on his back, holding fast the ball all the time, in order to prevent his opponents from securing a touchdown. Men were often severely injured in this...
Rule 13, referring to maul in goal is struck out entirely. This will prevent the fierce fights which are made so often when the holder of the ball is tackled inside the goal line...
Rule 17, numbered 18 in old rules reads, "In every match there shall be one paid referee, and he absolute. The same referee shall officiate at all championship matches." This does away with the judges who in reality were little more than field captains, and often caused the referee much trouble...
...evening, business of importance is to be transacted. The election of officers for the ensuing half year takes place. To insure the election of men who will conduct the meetings in a manner consistent with the dignity of the society, every member should feel it his duty to attend. Often the success of such societies is imperiled at the outset by placing in office men who possess only the slightest knowledge of parliamentary rules, or whose interest soon fags after they receive the honor of an election. As the only society at Harvard devoted exclusively to debate and practice...
During the past few years the college press has teemed with complaints about the condition of the atmosphere in recitation rooms; men have been packed to suffocation in some of the smaller rooms, the large sections in some courses making this in many instances unavoidable, but often the complaints were of a valid character and as such required due consideration. Formerly it took many such complaints to remedy cases of this kind, but we observe with pleasure, as an instance of the better attention student wants are meeting this year, that one of the larger and most popular courses...