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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...consent to the employment of a professional base-ball player as trainer and coach for our Nine during the coming year will not be a cause of surprise to those who know that the most liberal and progressive members of the faculty have openly favored the plan during the past few years. The three members of the faculty selected to represent that body on the athletic committee, after a patient and thorough investigation of the subject, have been convinced from the numerous letters received from former captains of our base-ball nines, and from the presidents and professors...
...athletic committee on our athletic system cannot be over-estimated. The Nine will now compete with rival college teams on more of an equal footing. A new-born confidence will be inspired into our athletic men, that one of many obstacles which have impeded Harvard's success in the past has now been removed. It has been openly acknowledged at other colleges that Harvard's defeats during the past three years have been in great measure owing to the baneful restriction imposed by the faculty.- So long as these restrictions confrued, it was confidently maintained that we could never hope...
...favorable reception In addition to the elaborate text of the petition itself, there were presented letters from fourteen members of former teams, nine of whom were excaptains. The opinions of seven college presidents were appended to the petition, together with elaborate statistics on the Yale and Harvard scores of past years...
...furthermore has, with one or two exceptions, never won an uphill game. I feel so strongly the importance of this practice to the success of the nine that unless it is given a fair trial once more, the nine, handicapped as it has been in the past few years, would be justified in withdrawing entirely from University contests with the other colleges...
...Yale Catalogue for 1888-89 has appeared. Among the changes which have taken place during the past year are the following: The vacancies in the corporation caused by the death of Rev. G. J. Tillotson, and Chief Justice M. R. Waite, have been filled by Rev. George Bushnell and Hon. Chauncey M. Depew...