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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...debate was opened by R. D. Upton of Yale, who spoke on "The party of progress and modern ideas." Many things have been urged against the Democratic party, but it is essentially a party of reform, nominating Grover Cleveland, who become the head and consolidated that party, and won for it a glorious record. The Republican party, while it possessed great sentiments had also great unity, but when it lost them, it became broken. While the Republican party has became a party of selfish expedients, the Democratic party protects individual freedom. The Democratic party of today is a champion...
...same tireless energy that characterizes the work of every other department of the University. The story of the work being done at the observatory here in Cambridge and at the one in South America is full of interest for those engaged in scientific study. During the past year considerable progress has been made along several lines of special investigation and interesting results are announced...
...translation into Greek of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Part I., last nine paragraphs, beginning, "The talk that they...
...game seems to have had enemies at almost every stage of its progress. Edward Third prohibited it in 1365, simply, however, because it interfered with his archery. Richard Second also stopped it, but later kings found it best not to. Its growing popularity was nevertheless disagreeable to many people and in the seventeenth century Sir Thomas Mildman writes: "In likewise foote ball is too utterly abjected of all noble men, wherein is nothing but beastlie furie and extreme violence, whereof procedeth hurte and consequently rancour and malice." The Puritans were the worst enemies of the game; one Stubbes...
...passed the rule since known as the New England Rule, deferring to the known wish of the Corporation and Overseers. The Committee has not always, however, insisted on the letter of the rule, but rather on its spirit. When the negotiations for the dual league with Yale were in progress, the Athletic Committee was willing to allow Yale to name the place of one foot ball game, if two were played annually. But Yale insisted that only one should be played annually, and that in New York. The negotiations therefore fell through, as such an arrangement would clearly be unfair...