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There is no doubt that the committee have chosen a favorable time, for them, to make their move. The past season has seen us burdened with a poor eleven, and ending with a poorer record than ever before. But this makes it only the harder in the eyes of the world for us to give up the game gracefully. Many men, too, have temporarily lost their interest in the game on account of the poor work of the eleven, and will not make the protest against the prohibition that they ordinarily would. This is unfortunate and we advise every...
...disagreement. After playing a short time on the courts Sears wished to scratch the Harvard entries, but Taylor seemed to wish to play in spite of the ground. They then tried to persuade the Yale team to scratch also, but they refused. In the singles our men drew the poorer players until there were but four men left. Sears drew Knapp, and Taylor drew Brinley. Very few balls bounced correctly, and as is well known Knapp plays directly at the net, while Sears plays a base-line game to a great extent. So that to Knapp...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON-We all appreciate the scarcity of college rooms. Two professors occupy one, two, the other four, I think it is, of the most desirable rooms in two of the cheapest buildings in the yard. This seems to be hardly fair to the poorer students, who try, year after year, to obtain a cheap yard room. The professors can afford to pay the high prices charged outside, the students cannot...
...supposed to be stiving-the placing of all athletic contests between the various colleges on a footing as nearly equal as possible. For the larger and richer colleges could afford to pay more for athletic instructors, and would consequently be able to get better men, than the smaller and poorer colleges...
...college papers does no good and only bores the reader. This is not always so. It sets men to thinking and talking about the subject, and often leads to important results. Several years ago the yard was without any brick sidewalks and all the paths were in a poorer condition. The Crimson, then a fortnightly, kept constantly bringing the attention of the authorities and students to the subject and even started a subscription to remedy the evil. This move was stopped by the college authorities, but the next fall when the students returned they beheld a new brick sidewalk running...