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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...During the following year $5,000 were collected, and twenty-nine acres of land purchased by this committee. In 1882 the committee was merged into "The Yale Field Corporation," which was formed to manage the athletic grounds in question. On the 1st of June, 1884, the field purchased was thrown open. During the fall it was used for football and lacrosse. The field lies on the south side of Derby Avenue. The question of expense was decisive against purchasing a place nearer the college. The new field is one-sixth of a mile nearer the college than the old grounds...
When the debate was thrown open to the house, the following gentlemen spoke from the floor, Messrs. Jennings, Sp., Webster '85, Carrier, '85, Hallowell, '88, McAfee, '87, Fraser, '86, Cole, '85, Hansen, '85, Rich, '87, Griffin, '88, Smith, '85, Knapp, '87, McKelvey, S. S. and Arnold, '84. The vote on the argument as a whole resulted aff., S, neg., 23. The question chosen for the next debate was, "Resolved, That the district method of electing President proposed by Senator Morton should be adopted." The next meeting will be held...
...Prof. Van Benscohoten, which was exceedingly favorable and showed the growing success of the school. He stated that the library now contained 2,000 volumes of valuable works relating to classical study. All the leading archaeological journals are received at the school and the advantages of the library are thrown open to the use of the English and American residents. The various departments of the school are engaged in archaeological research, and the present management has insured flourishing results...
...stood, aff., 24; neg., 19. The principal disputants were, affirmative, L. Litchfield, '85, and W. B. Noble, '85; negative, J. W. Richardson, '86, and E. J. Rich, '87. On the vote on strength of argument of disputants, the affirmative received 20, and the negative 28. When the debate was thrown open to the house, the following gentlemen spoke from the floor: Messrs. Garrison '86. Astor Sp., Davis '85, Robinson '85, Jennings '86, Hobbs '85, Merriam '86, Sternbergh '87, McAfee '85, Mahoney '88, Page '88, Parker '85, McArthur '85, Platt '88, Griffin '88, and Young '85. The vote on the debate...
...instances where a single blow was struck, instances that occurred in every one of the games. A man was felled by a blow in the face in the Harvard-Princeton game, in the Harvard-Yale game, in the Yale-Princeton game. In the Westeyan-Pennsylvania game a man was thrown unfairly, out of bounds, by an opposing player. Then, as he was rising, but before he was on his feet, his antagonist turned, struck him in the face and knocked him down, and returned in triumph with the ball...