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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...print to day the first correct report of the Athletic Committee which has appeared. The report which was published yesterday in the Advertiser was marred by some important omissions...
Through the kindness of Prof, John Williams White, Chairman of Athletic Committee, we have been presented with a copy of the report of the committee which has been made the special assignment of the Faculty for Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1883. On account of the lateness of the hour was are unable to print the report until tomorrow, but a hasty perusal of it convinces us that it is fair and straightforward and well supported by facts. The committee have modified their original report since the hearing of Monday evening and recommended the abolition of foot ball games "except those played...
...committee say in their report, that they have attended four games of foot ball this autumn, the Harvard, Yale and Princeton series, and the Pennsylvania vs. Wesleyan,. The Yale Harvard game was the least objectionable, while the Wesleyan-Pennsylvania was the most so. In all there was brutal fighting with closed fists, and men had to be separated in the field: there was in general great lack of gentlemanly spirit. Premeditated and concerted off side play was rarely punished: it is hard to be detected by the referee and not always recognized as such by the audience. The committee find...
...Natural History society held its second meeting of the season on Tuesday evening in Sever 4; Prof. Shaler presided. The committee of three, appointed at the previous meeting to investigate the constitution of the society, and to suggest such changes in it as seemed advisable, made their report, in which they recommended several important changes. One of these changes related to the admission of new members, and aimed at making the society in the future one of active naturalists only. According to the old constitution, amendments have to lie on the table two weeks before they can be acted upon...
...afternoon was passed in speculating on the quality of the dinner to be served in Memorial, and anxiously awaiting the report of the Yale-Princeton game. The tables at Memorial were but thinly tenanted at dinner, and luckily, for the bill of fare was far inferior to those of previous years. When it became dark, the yard presented a most dreary spectacle, only a light here and there showing where some junior was grinding out the 1500 words of his forensic...