Word: yales
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...meeting of delegates from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale took place at Springfield, Wednesday, October 9. A telegram from Columbia announced that they would not be present, and would probably have no team this fall. While waiting for the arrival of the Yale delegates, who did not appear till 3.30, Harvard and Princeton discussed the subjects of the number of men to compose a team, fifteen or eleven; and how many touchdowns should equal a goal, if any. Some points in the rules were changed, where the meaning was not sufficiently clear. It was agreed to play fifteen men, to have...
...Yale reminded Princeton and Harvard that she was the champion eleven, which was promptly acknowledged by Harvard, with the addition that she might consider herself the champion eleven of the world. The Yale delegates had a private talk together, while Harvard and Princeton settled upon the date of their game, Saturday, November 16, in Boston. Yale again came forward and wished to discuss the relative merits of fifteens and elevens. Views and arguments were exchanged, and Yale wrote down our reasons for preferring fifteen men to eleven, and agreed to present them to the College. We absolutely refused to play...
...first college paper was the Gazette, issued at Dartmouth in 1800, chiefly memorable as containing numerous articles by Daniel Webster. This was followed in 1806 by the Literary Cabinet, published at Yale. The oldest of college papers now living is the Yale Literary Magazine, established in 1836. Secretary Evarts was one of the founders of this magazine, and D. G. Mitchell, Dr. J. P. Thompson, Senator Ferry, and President A. D. White have been among its editors...
...writer says of Harvard's papers, that, though they have been less numerous than Yale's, they indicate (considered as a whole) greater literary ability, and have had greater influence on college opinion. The Harvard Lyceum was the first, founded in 1810, with Edward Everett as one of its editors. After its death the next paper was the Harvard Register, among the editors of which were President Felton, George S. Hillard, and Robert C. Winthrop. In 1830 appeared the Collegian, notable as containing the contributions of Oliver Wendell Holmes, then a student in the Law School. The Collegian was succeeded...
...heard expressed looking to a race between the Columbia four and a four picked from the Harvard eight. It is noticeable that the suggestion has found favor mainly with those who are unfamiliar with Columbia's record at Springfield in '77, or those who did not witness the Harvard-Yale race at New London. Columbia has won from Englishmen on English waters the Visitors' Cup, and she has Harvard's hearty congratulation. If we wish to win an English cup, we must row with English, not American crews...