Word: war
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Tremont.- Kate-a Romance of the War...
...held the last Saturday in May. Several important matters will come up for decision. The most pressing of these, as we understand, are the questions of adding, as events, the two-mile safety-bicycle race, and the putting the weight (56 pounds), and of excluding the tug-of-war. This last question is really the one which will most affect Harvard if she continues to be a member of the Intercollegiate Association. Harvard's attitude on this matter is well known. For the last two years here at Cambridge a feeling against tug-of-war has been growing...
Harvard, then, would like to abolish the tug-of-war as being a dangerous sport. It seems probable, however, that the smaller colleges will vote solidly against such a movement. A solution of the question would be for Harvard to hold annual games with Yale in track athletics as she does in boating. Such a course would by no means prevent Harvard from meeting the other colleges...
Tremont.- Kate-a Romance of the War...
...Skipper's Tale" is a short war story, related by a Yankee, whose dialect is not always consistent. The not particularly brilliant touch of semiprofanity at the close of the article does not add to its force...