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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There are fifteen candidates for the Yale Freshman Nine; besides the usual training they go through a series of motions for strengthening the muscles of the stomach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/14/1887 | See Source »

...Legend of Chocorua" we are glad to welcome among college writings, for it is an attempt at something different from and higher than the usual class of literature. It is after the style which made Hawthorne famous in his short tales; but, to use an old saw, we regret to say, it is a long way after. The author has obtained some of the effects he was evidently striving after, and one or two good conceptions are worked out. As a whole, however, the "Legend" is strained, and the vagueness and mystery in it, instead of giving color...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The "Advocate." | 3/12/1887 | See Source »

...naturally we expect them to be as successful this year as they have proved in the past. There is one suggestion, however, which we beg to offer the management. If the experience of former years is any criterion on which to base our opinions, there will be the usual crush at the entrance. The management ought not to forget this, but should open the doors earlier than is customary and let him be served best who comes first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/8/1887 | See Source »

...usual large and close-fitting crowd was present at the gymnasium on Exeter street Saturday at the annual indoor meeting of the Technology Athletic Association. The sports were as a whole very good; better than last year. Harvard men were disappointed in having the tug-of-war team beaten, but the success of their representatives in other events partially compensated for this reverse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. I. T. Games. | 3/7/1887 | See Source »

...spare time, therefore, of the undergraduates may be fully taken up, and it seems to be a fact that the students as a class are improving these opportunities much more than has been usual in past years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Letter. | 3/5/1887 | See Source »

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