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...recent number of the Princetonian contains an editorial, a column, and a half long, in which Harvard, judged from her New York alumni, is represented as tending toward Princeton; and Yale, judged from her alumni in general, as tending toward Harvard. Says the Princetonian in closing, "Now it looks at present very much as if the Yale alumni are going finally to carry the day. And if, moreover, it be not wholly unreasonable to suppose that the Harvard alumni will ultimately win their alma mater to their principles, can it be an altogether vain speculation for us to hope that...
...hearty sympathy with a portion of the alumni in the New York Harvard Club is really no supposition at all, but a veritable axiom, to doubt which would be like saying that two and two are not four, but five or six. And as commendable as the Princetonian's logic, is its faith in time. Concerning this, however, it should be remembered that time by general belief, is endless, so that faith in time may be endless also. With such a limitation in mind we are willing to say, with the Princetonian, not that time will, but that time...
...caused Mr. Depew great surprise to learn that he had been lecturing for the benefit of the Princeton nine, and he is said to have expressed some doubts as to the propriety of such an action in connection with his position as a loyal Yalensian. - Princetonian...
...presidents of Harvard and Princeton has called forth varied and extensive comments. The Freeman's Journal and the Churchman of New York, contain comments this week, the latter severely condemning the spirit of President Eliot's debate, which, the Churchman states, was almost atheistic in its general tendencies." - Princetonian...
...Yale man will cause a few stray smiles: "The work of blasting the rocks from the side of the hills of the Yale field progresses rapidly and we have hopes of having a level field in order to play ball next Spring." - Extract from a Yale letter. - Princetonian...