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Ninety-Eight Eleven.The freshman football candidates lined up in two elevens yesterday afternoon and went through some hard practice. The inexperience of all the men was very prominent and Coach Forbes was often forced to stop the play and show the men their individual faults. The blocking off was very loose and the backs made futile attempts to follow the ragged interference. The men have not learned to tackle well and often catch the runner above the shoulders, which was a very prominent fault. The second eleven was managed well and made good gains through the first eleven's centre...
There is one fact brought out by the official statistics of the University which is especially gratifying. It is the increase in the graduate School. To be sure the increase is slight and yet it is one the lees significant. The Graduate School is of a nature to show the effects of a depression in the country more than any other department in the University. The men who study there are generally concerned with obtaining special culture in some branch of learning for its own sake, or else are concerned with making themselves fitted to teach. The number...
This afternoon the freshmen will have their first real chance to show how they intend to support the athletic interests of the class. The games promise to be in some respects the most interesting freshman sports that have been held for years. Ninety-eight has one man who holds a New England championship and another who bids fair to establish a new University record. In addition there is every prospect of several hotly cotested races. Every member of the class should make an effort to be present...
Professor Peabody was the next speaker. He spoke more particularly of the practical part of the work. The purpose of the meeting, he said, was two-fold. In the first place it was to show to the newcomers the nature of the religious societies of the University. In the second place it was to do the former work of these societies more systematically and better...
...team will be especially strong in its positions behind the line. Rand, Hardenbrook, Flint, Hincke, Redpath, and Cabot show up very well at halfback, while Captain Scott, Valentine, Hayes and Goodrich are good candidates for quarterback...