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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...conclusion is practically demonstrated, not only by the zeal in this behoof of undergraduates and sub freshmen, but by the enthusiasm of graduates and the intense interest which the public take in the affairs. Take the recent game between the two leading foot-ball teams. The New York papers say that the polo grounds never held so many or so wildly enthusiastic spectators; the return of the victors through the avenue on a coach called out the flutter of banners and choruses of cheers from the windows and balconies and pavements, and the newspaper press sent out a half dozen...
...risen to a level of manliness high enough to cast its disapproval upon such speeches as that with which Captains Beecher and Peters have favored their friends. The Advocate, in its last number, has some pithy and hard editorials upon the re-appearance of this "muckerism," but we can say that the Advocate has not gone a step too far. Men who would speak as these men have done must portray their natures on the athletic fields as well. As we hear no words from Yale but those of praise, we have all reason to suppose that this spirit...
...England's greatest philosophers of to day places this kind of knowledge as the most fundamental and important of all. It should not be confined to those who make medicine a profession. If people in general had more knowledge of hygiene they would save greatly in every way, to say nothing of actual doctor's bills...
...more suggestion and I close. Why not have two or more men to keep the time and let the referee give his undivided attention to the ball? I say two, because there is less likelihood of a mistake, real or intentional, where two men are concerned. Like the ancient Roman consuls, one would act as a drag upon the other...
...When we say that the newspaper statements have been, as usual, sensational and incorrect, we certainly do not mean that we are satisfied with the result of the game. We do not like to dispute the result of a game, and we don't do it often; but in this case we feel we must, in duty to the college, protest in Harvard's name against the referees decisions on Thanksgiving Day. If the team itself does not protest at the convention, we shall be very sorry, and we shall consider it a great mistake. The referee's decisions that...