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SIRS: - Perhaps the part of Class Day that creates most wide-spread excitement is the exercises at the tree. It is only natural that there should be an excited curiosity attending these exercises, for when one enters the enclosure one can never tell what one will see before one comes away. For the last few years past of what one has seen has been disgraceful. A certain amount of good, natural "scrapping" adds to the fun, but when men get to fighting so that their classmates have to pull them apart it is disgusting, and it must be especially...
...popularity of the course shows how zealous people are to satisfy the growing desire to understand better what philosophers are thinking about; it has served a purpose much more wide-spread than was anticipated; and a renewal of the series next year is already looked forward...
...beneficiary aid, earned by good scholarship and good conduct, has anywhere been held to render the recipient ineligible for membership of a crew, a nine, or an eleven. It would have been much more to the point to have presented evidence in the "official statement" in refutation of the wide-spread opinion that three of the players put on the field by Princeton at the beginning of the year, two of whom played against Yale and Harvard, are professionals, and ineligible, for any college team. One of these gentlemen, Mr. Ames, is currently reported to have received specific sums...
...admittance into the association of such schools as Exeter and Andover is a wise step. The influence of the organization will be wide-spread, and the change will have the effect of bringing together the best material from all the New England preparatory schools. Harvard men feel a deep interest for the success of the association as it is now formed, and the schools may be sure that they will do all in their power to add to this success...
...coating of ice was formed on the East River thick enough to bear the weight of a large crowd who availed themselves of this opportunity of crossing the river. The drifts in the city were enormous and few cabs ventured out after "fares." The demand for conveyances was wide-spread and exorbitant prices were paid for rides. A number of Wall St. brokers collected around a solitary cab and a spirited bidding took place for its possession, The price which that cab brought was thirty-six dollars. It was a common occurrence for several men to charter a coach...