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...view of the fact that other colleges do so, we wish to press this as a fair claim. Our position in this matter is that there is no reason why the Harvard nine should be placed at so uncalled for a disadvantage as it is by the present prohibition. If the faculty is firmly set against professional practice, then they ought to show the courage of their conviction more radically than by simply forbidding our nine to play with professionals. They ought to feel called upon to address a circular letter to the other colleges in the league urging...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/22/1887 | See Source »

...appreciate the necessity of sober and thoughtful legislation. The first Inter-State Commerce Bill was proposed by Mr. Reagan, but this underwent numerous changes, until finally the present bill was introduced by a committee on railroads. After a series of compromises, by which the Senate agreed to prohibit pools, and the House agreed to the appointment of a commission, the bill became a law. Professor Hrdley then stated and discussed the most important clauses of the bill. There are: I - The provision against personal discrimination, which he characterized as very just. The fact is that where discrimination is made between...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Hadley's Lecture. | 4/28/1887 | See Source »

...This evening (Sept. 30, 1860) is the anniversary for the foot-ball fight between freshmen and other under-graduates; but the contest has grown so savage of late years that the faculty voted, July 2, to prohibit the encounter to night, and the undergraduates decided to have a closing service. Accordingly before night one of the express wagons was seen carrying a drum which was left at the end of the Cambridge Common. After tea the Delta and its vicinity was not thronged, as usual on the first Monday evening, with students in their most ragged attire and with spectators...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Foot-Ball Burial Services of 1860. | 3/9/1886 | See Source »

William Pennell, of the University of Pennsylvania gymnasium, declares that rubber soled shoes are bad for the feet, but he will not prohibit their use in the gymnasium. He recommends light canvass shoes, with leather soles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/14/1886 | See Source »

...another with whom they are less well acquainted. Yet to our knowledge there has been no society caucus held, nor is there any society sate to be presented at the meeting to-night. In fact, if we are not misinformed, the constitutions of the three senior fraternities expressly prohibit any participation in class politics. We therefore urge every non-society man to attend the election, with the assurance that there is to be a fair field and no favor for every candidate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/20/1885 | See Source »

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