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...Freshman football team came through the Cornell game on Saturday with no serious injuries, and started on its last week of practice with all the men in good condition. Yesterday afternoon, however, Hitchcock, who has been playing a good game at halfback all the season, broke his thumb catching a punt. He will not be able to play in the Yale game. Practice yesterday afternoon was light consisting mostly of secret signal practice in the Baseball Cage...
...methods of judicial procedure, President Eliot has presented in succinct and forcible terms, and he emphasizes particularly that public opinion is demanding reform. Here, certainly is another field in which Harvard University through the Law School may show that the higher educational institutions of the land have their thumb on the public opinion and are able and ready to prescribe remedies for social skills. As the current number of the Alumni Bulletin suggests: "Certainly the Law School as a constituent part of the University could make no greater contribution to the good fame of the University, or more greatly strengthen...
...bushel. The cry of splendid showing gives no satisfaction. It is a poor thing, though a logical result of undergraduate reactionary sentiment, when they consider what the team has done in spite of the meddlesome interference of the Faculty and Corporation. Therefore I say instead of dipping a wrinkled thumb into the situation which at the best has been a hodge-podge mess of pottage, better to stand aside in dignified silence and watch. Then if football or any other sport does not by itself earn the justification of its independent existence, by all means step in and instantly abolish...
...throws from the plate and made no hits. Stillman made three putouts in centre field, assisting in making a double play on one of the catches by throwing a runner out at the plate. Carr had no chances at third base. Milne caught well, although handicapped by an injured thumb, aue allowing no passed balls. He made one error by a poor throw to second base, but his work on the whole was very creditable. At the bat he drew one base on balls, made one hit, and ran well on bases, making a brilliant slide to third...
...infielding of the Juniors was clean and quick, Chase at shortstop playing especially well. Coburn struck out fifteen men and fielded his position in fine form. Wells caught a remarkably fine game until a foul tip dislocated his thumb...