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...follows: Knowledge of French or German, a good knowledge of the elementary grammar of the language which he presents for admission; ability to pronounce and recognize readily familiar words and phrases by ear, and the candidate also must have read at least two hundred pages of French or one hundred pages of German. This will also be a requirement to the engineering course. A greater requirement is to be made for admission to the philosophical course...
...thought that decisive action would prove that we were in earnest much more conclusively than a mere threat. There was no secrecy about the matter. Everything was done openly and avowedly. The matter of a dual league was inevitably bound up with the proposition to withdraw from the old one. For years it has been talked of and considered the final solution of all difficulties; so when plans of the future were brought up at the meeting, the dual league was naturally the first scheme suggested...
...plan proposed today of giving a dinner to the captain and members of the university eleven is an admirable one. Certainly no team has ever deserved more truly a recognition from their fellows than the team of the present season. It will be well for us to show our just appreciation of their work...
Athletics, it is to be regretted, have gone to extremes. Just as base ball is at present one of the principal topics of interest in the nation, so athletics fill a most important place in college life. Newspapers, whose sole object is to make money, foster this abnormal interest in athletics by giving glowing accounts of all games. The editors are even ready to have a close game of base ball or of foot ball reported, as they are well aware of the likes and dislikes of their readers. This "abnormal interest" in athletic contests brings about betting, a "sign...
Professionalism has been prevalent in Cambridge for years. A number of years ago a committee of the faculty investigated athletics, and found that the members of the nine were away from Cambridge almost one half of the spring term, playing with professionals. This state of affairs caused the faculty to vote that all members of athletic teams should be bona fide students and that there should be no professional coaches...