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...ahead at the end of the allotted time, volunteers from the side lines would appear in sufficient numbers to warrant a score by one of the teams and it was usually the team that had the most friends among the spectators that secured the victory. This was perhaps a relic of the ancient by-gone days when in no less of an affair than a championship intercollegiate contest the sympathizers of one of the contending teams swarmed on the field at the psychological moment and wrenched the goal posts form the ground to prevent their opponents from scoring a goal...
...relic and type of our ancestors' worth...
...Zaporo Indians of Peru. Dr. J. C. Jones has donated a collection of New Guinea weapons and implements from the islands of the Pacific. From Dr. W. C. Woodworth come cooking implements of the New Hebrides Islanders, Fiji baskets, and other objects collected among the Pacific Islands. A relic of much interest, recently acquired, is a primitive dugout canoe, which was discovered in 1847 in the bottom of a small lake in the Berkshires...
...matter stands at present. If it is true, as has been suggested, that the bell is not really an old one, would it not be better for the Memorial Society to present the fund to the Union some other College organization rather than spend it on a useless relic of no value? Probably all of those who subscribed for the bell would be willing to have the money used for some other purpose, but there are doubtless many others besides myself who would like to have an accurate knowledge of the use the money...
...relic can never be of the slightest value to the person who stole it; and its possession can bring with it nothing but dishonor...