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...correspondent points out, this year of all years was hardly one in which to stop the custom of awarding prizes in the scratch races. Moreover, if the contestants entered the races under the assurance that prizes were to be given, the boat club has no right to withhold them. Let the boat club, then, settle this little difficulty by purchasing the cups immediately and awarding them, with appropriate inscriptions, to the winners who have been patiently waiting for more than four months...
...acceptance of the explanation given by Dr. Holmes, that only two lines of his poem relate to Princeton. "Dr. McCosh also acknowledges the favors shown by Harvard College," but maintains that he had the same "right to give expression to his feelings of indignation as Harvard had to withhold the recognition she gave to others...
...professors carrying on an original research and printing their results for the public in books and periodicles, I thought it strange that no notice was taken of our college. I still feel that I had the right to give expression to my feelings of indignation as Harvard had to withhold the recognition she gave to others...
...Jarvis. Shortly after, an unfortunate incident marred the otherwise gentlemanly played game. A Yale rusher was disqualified by the referee for neglecting to beg the pardon of a man upon whose toe he had accidentally trodden. It was thought that on account of his indecorous conduct the faculty might withhold permission to play any more inter-collegiate games. The game ceased with Yale the winner; whereupon the fair wearers of the blue tripped lightly o'er the turf and were borne off in triumph in the arms of the victors...
Some time ago we announced our intention of publishing a number of letters from ex-captains of the University crew on the recent action of the athletic committee in regard to boating. Since then facts have come to light which have induced us too change our determination and to withhold the publication of the letters, at least for the present. Careful consideration of the question in hand, together with a better acquaintance with both sides of the case, has convinced us that the publication of those letters will not be for the best interests of the college. We still maintain...