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SOPHOMORE THEMES.Theme III. will be due January 9. Subjects: 1. A Description of either a Gothic Cathedral or a Greek Temple. 2. "Patience" or "Pinafore" turned into a Narrative. 3. On the meaning of the word "Swell." 4. The Present Situation of the Republican Party. 5. The Comparative Merits of Base-ball and Foot-ball. 6. "Why I came to Harvard...
...think - not to see the justice of Dr. Crosby's remarks as to the hard and painful dilemma in which their poorer class-fellows are placed by the present system. They have either to contribute what they cannot spare or undergo the reproach and stigma of meanness. One word in conclusion. Many - if not most - of the best and noblest men of old England, during the past sixty or seventy years, were good at the oar, at foot-ball, at cricket; but they did not allow those games to encroach on their more serious duties. At Rugby, at Winchester...
SOPHOMORE THEMES.Theme III. will be due January 9. Subjects : 1. A Description of either a Gothic Cathedral or a Greek Temple. 2. "Patience" or "Pinafore" turned into a Narrative. 3. On the meaning of the word "Swell." 4. The Present Situation of the Republican Party. 5. The Comparative Merits of Base-ball and Foot-ball. 6. "Why I came to Harvard...
...partisans of each urge them on to greater efforts. The pursuers pull themselves together in obedience to their coach's warning voice, as their boat showed a tendency to roll when it meets the wash thrown from the oars of the leading crew. Another twenty yards, and the word is given. The bow of the pursuing craft overlaps the stern of the pursued; a moment more, and with a fresh impetus of a final spurt, "cox" ventures to edge over to the side of the vanquished; and amid a turmoil of shouts and splashing, up goes the hand...
...opponents. We are reliably informed that Yale is also very sure in goal kicking from the field, and that she depends on Harvard's inferiority in this respect as one of her chief sources of confidence for success in Saturday's game. We beg to say a final word to the team before the important game of Wednesday next. Beware of kicking high punts from half or quarter-backs. Princeton barely missed gaining a goal on Saturday from a fair catch of one of these high punts, and if Yale should be given the same opportunity in the coming game...