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...definite order, the members of '88, on Wednesday last, appeared in the campus with a large came in their midst. No sooner were they sighted by one of the sophomores than all the members of that class within call made a rush for the daring freshies and endeavored to wrest the came from their midst. Their efforts were not successful. The freshmen kept possession of the stick, beating off their opponents again and again. Finally one of the '88 men, holding the cane in his left hand, was making off with it when he felt a hand placed upon...
...take on himself some private inconvenience for the honor of the college? We sincerely trust so ! Let there be an immediate end to this lethargy which enthralls the college now. It is the duty of every man who is able to support the captain in his efforts to wrest victory from the very jaws of defeat. If these words go unheeded, and defeat once more be our lot, it will be only just that the shame of it fall on those men who have contributed to bring it on, by their shameful neglect and inactivity...
...championship. If lost, however, our chances for the championship are gone, even if we beat Yale on the twenty-first. It is therefore necessary for Harvard to win this game that we may have an opportunity to tie Yale for the championship and later to wrest the championship from the same college...
...with Dartmouth tomorrow afternoon and Saturday, in order that every man may realize how much depends on his individual support. The championship contest has now narrowed down to Yale in the lead, and Harvard second, with three games yet to play. It is absolutely necessary, if we propose to wrest the leading place from Yale, that both the games with Dartmouth should be won by our nine. In case Harvard does prove victorious, we have the chance of beating the Yale team a week from Saturday and tying with it for first place. Such a fortunate combination of circumstances...
Yale is confident of her ability to wrest from us the Mott Haven...