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...mastership of Dr. Vaughan. That system, though much improved by Dr. Vaughan, still preserved and preserves the old traditions and arrangements of the school which made a very full and finished classical education the one great object, to which all other branches were made subordinate. As a natural result, Harrow has for long sent out a very large number of men, who have won Classical Scholarships and other high class honors in the Universities, but has seldom produced scholars of much ability in other departments of a liberal education. Nor could this well be otherwise, seeing that, in the upper...
...happy result has been an immense improvement in the "middle class" education of the country, and also in the liberal culture of the two chief Universities, whose authorities name wisely and powerfully sustained and extended this improved system, in which the study of the English Language and Literature, and of Modern Languages holds a high place, in conjunction with, not in opposition to, a respectable proficiency in Greek and Latin...
...each side. The game was a most creditable exhibition in point of skill, and, though our freshmen were much handicapped by the weight of their opponents, they played the better game of the two on the whole. It was naturally somewhat of a disappointment to have the game result as it did, especially after so auspicious a beginning, but it could not be helped. The faithful work of the eleven and the good management shown by their captain entitle them to the sincere thanks of '87, and we congratulate the class on the showing made by their representatives in Saturday...
...result of our game with Yale was not unexpected, and so we were not very much disappointed. On the whole, the season has closed, if not exactly satisfactorily, at least without any violently dashed hopes and expectations, and, except for the intervention of the athletic committee, in a very uneventful manner. Financially considered, also, the season has been successful, thanks to the large receipts at the polo grounds, so that we have not to bear debt as well as defeat. To be sure our defeat at the hands of Yale is tempered by the fact that we scored a touchdown...
...trust the committee will reconsider their action of last year, taking the opinions of prominent players, and that they will not cling to their hope of making athletics ideal by novel and unheard of rules which can only result in ill-feeling and, what is worse than having no rules at all, covert violation of such existing rules...