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...Stokes, Jr., Yale '96, who was on the first Yale team to defeat Harvard in debate, will give an address this evening at 6.45 in Holden Chapel, on the work of the Young Men's Christian Association in this country and abroad. Few realize the importance of the work done by the international Christian Associations and the address is sure to be interesting, as Mr. Stokes is eminently fitted to speak on this subject...
...wish to correct the statement which has appeared in many of the papers to the effect that the H's have been taken away from the football team on account of the poor showing made against Yale. As a matter of fact the captain or coaches have no right to take the H's away from the men, the whole matter being entirely voluntary, the men agreeing to give up their H's unless they can redeem them on Saturday...
...wearing of the "H" is regulated by the Athletic Committee and no summary action could be of effect without a change of the rules which are now in force. The measure was, then, necessarily voluntary. Far from showing that the coaches have taken such harsh measures to awaken the team to a sense of responsibility, the whole episode offers strong proof that the men feel more keenly than any one else the mortification of Saturday's failure and are determined to set themselves right in the Pennsylvania game, their only opportunity. It is hardly necessary to add that the University...
This afternoon, at four promptly, the eleven will leave the Square to play its last, and, next to the Yale game, the most important game of the season. If ever a hearty send-off to the team and to the University, today is the time. So far, the chief fruit of the labor and self-sacrifice of coaches and players has been disappointment. The team have been criticized as few teams in the past have been and go to Philadelphia more or less under a cloud. That they will do all that men can to retrieve themselves goes without saying...
Contrary to the custom of having the team practice in secret during the week previous to the Pennsylvania game, it has been decided to hold open practice for the remainder of this week...