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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...antagonists upon the field, of contending again for the prize which has for so long a time been beyond our grasp. But to disappointment we are doomed, and upon our fond hopes and expectations a wet blanket has been thrown. Let not, however, all this enthusiasm of the past few days be in vain. In order that next year we may be able to cope with our rivals, foot-ball must not be allowed to stagnate this fall. Let the class games be played with old time vigor, else slim indeed will be our chances of success another year...
...necessarily elapse before all details can be arranged. This delay occurring later will deprive the tournament of much of its interest by forcing it to take place at a time when the college work will have become much more onerous than at present. The Tennis Association has in the past shown a decided tendency to push matters, and this year ought not to witness any diminution of its energy...
...university. It has ever been recognized by the faculty as a valuable adjunct to the regular college work, and many a student feels that the part he has taken in its meetings has been of more practical value than any course in the college curriculum. In the past the great trouble has been the easy way with which membership to the society could be secured. To remedy this evil and to make membership mean something more than it has in the past, certain qualifications will in the future be required. For the benefit of the new members of the college...
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...
...give the other teams in the league a hard pull, even if she does not win one or two games,-a result not unexpected by many of the Pennsylvania men. Of Wesleyan, all that can be said is that she has always had a strong team in the past, as Harvard men cannot help remembering, and expects to equal her past teams this year, and to prove a match for the University of Pennsylvania at least...