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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...practice game of foot-ball yesterday afternoon. There were the usual number of freshmen present, and '87 was represented by R. F. Fiske, Herron, Ayer, H. E. Peabody, Austin, Carmalt, Scott, Faulkner, Bartol, Bowen and Fletcher...
...Yale News grows more amusing with every issue. In its item column of Thursday it gravely stated that "Clarkson, the pitcher for the champion Chicagoes, is a Harvard graduate," and that "The Princeton sophomores posted their usual proclamation, Saturday, forbidding the freshmen from carrying canes until after the freshman base-ball game with Harvard...
...attention has been called to a new project which is at present being discussed by some of the gentlemen holding prominent positions in college musical matters. Briefly stated, the gentlemen in question are considering the advisability of making a marked departure from the usual routine of college musical events, and are planning the presentation of an oratorio, or of some other musical work of respectable magnitude. The success of the Boylston Club in rendering such compositions leads us to believe that an attempt of this kind by the vocal and instrumental talent of the college would be sure...
...Yale sophomore-freshman ball game on Saturday was a very exciting one, '88 winning by a score of 4 to 3. After the game, '88 retired without offering to make the usual rush, and so disgusted '89 that they immediately seized the sophomore fence and defended it against all attacks...
...energy which the management of the freshman foot-ball team is manifesting is worthy of high commendation. While the question of the future position of foot-ball at Harvard is in such a state of transaction, greater efforts than usual will be necessary to induce the right men to interest themselves in the sport. The freshman class contains much good material for athletic work, and needs only the proper encouragement to produce an eleven which will not be surpassed by the teams of former years. The preparatory schools this year have sent up several men of high local reputation...