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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first, because of the roughness; and secondly, because of the publicity. The roughness, he said, never could be eliminated merely by the appointment of more officials. There must and would be cultivated in future, at least among Harvard players, a spirit opposed to slugging or unnecessary roughness of any sort. He was confident this plan would succeed. As for the publicity, that can be done away with by having the games only on home grounds or college grounds. Thus Harvard would play Yale one year at New Haven, and at Cambridge the next year. In this way college interest would...
...possible that within a few years medicine may be able to stop the ravages of contagious diseases. The principle is not that of fighting the effects of disease, but rather that of making people strong and able to stand against it. This is done by a sort of contagion from people who are able to withstand all attacks of disease...
...good, poor or indifferent? They need not necessarily talk to him of his work in terms of A's or B's, C's, D's or E's. But they could do something to let him know that he is not simply passing in his work to a sort of unfeeling machine which, having put the proper stamp on his work, has no more concern with...
...means a good deal for Harvard to win five successive debates. It really proves that in this sort of a contest Harvard is clearly Yale's superior. Of course it is perfectly possible for the Yale man to say that his college was not sufficiently interested to call out her real strength. This is quite probable, but with all respect to the men who spoke last night, it is equally probable that there are scores of good speakers at Harvard who have not come forward. Judging by the work of the debating societies in the two colleges, however...
...Profligate," Mr. Copeland said, is one of Pinero's best plays, but is not nearly equal to several other contemporary plays of the same sort, such as "The Doll House," translated from Ibsen, "Magda" by Zudemann, or "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," by Pinero himself. The "Profligate" is of interest, for it is an attempt to write a serious play which shall give a true picture of life...