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...slandered in the public press: Ibid, 249-50.- (III) In 1796 the House of Representatives intentionally insulted him: Ibid, 259-61.- (IV) Accused of malfeasance in office: Ibid, 249.- (3) Jefferson did not refuse a renomination for political reasons-(a) He refused partly out of respect for the memory of Washington and the precedent established by him: No. Am. Rev., CXXX, 117.- (b) Knew he could not be elected.- (x) States in favor of him had 69 votes, those opposed 94: No. Am. Rev. CXXX, 117.- (4) Grant was not renominated simply on grounds of political expediency...
...vacation season has, on the whole, been a successful one for the nine. There has been considerable improvement in fielding-although in this respect the infield is still weak-the base-running is about the same, and the batting is better than it has been for several years. The make-up of the team has been unchanged during the recess, so that the team play together much better now. There is, however, much still to be learned in this respect, as the backing-up has been but little developed. Captain Dean is playing far better than ever before. In batting...
Yesterday afternoon the Freshman nine defeated Brookline High School in an uninteresting game by the score of six to nothing. The Freshman played an errorless game and the fielding was good in every respect. The batting, however, was very weak, as Robinson and Morse were the only men who could hit safely. Thompson again acted as captain and put considerable life into the team. Lynch pitched a fine game for Ninety-nine, striking out nine men and giving only one base on balls. Davis as catcher played in good form and accepted ten chances without an error. Litchfield also played...
...Harvard men were very careless. Several men were caught off bases and would have been out but for errors on the part of the Boston men. It is well that the men should try to steal bases, but there is no excuse for the recklessness shown in this respect yesterday...
...seems desirable to point out that it is not the purpose of the Governing Boards, in making the change here noted, to lessen the requirements for the degrees in question, in respect either to the standard of attainment and power of advancing knowledge by research or to the length of time which must ordinarily be devoted to study. It is rather the effect of their action to give added emphasis to the well-established principle of this University, that the requirements of time for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Science are wholly secondary. It may safely be assumed...