Word: years
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...truth there is in the articles which have recently been published, and also of discovering whether or not the tendency of the undergraduates in regard to the matter of attending recitations and chapel is in the right direction. The idea was suggested of making all recitations of the freshman year compulsory but this course was objected to on the ground that it would only delay the students entire freedom until the sophomore year, which would not remedy the supposed evil in the least...
Captain Finley, of the University Crew, has determined that the candidates for next year's crew shall have the benefit of a rowing tank in which to practice during the coming winter, and he is making every effort to accomplish his purpose. It was at first hoped that arrangements could be made to have the tank placed in the Hemenway gymnasium, but permission to do this has been absolutely refused by the authorities. There is no doubt, however, that permission will be granted to build the tank in the old gymnasium, opposite Memorial Hall, which is at present unoccupied. This...
...game then was very different from that played now. It was purely football, as no player could carry the ball or tackle an opponent and off-side playing was not forbidden. Yale won the championship in 1873 and again in 1874, but lost it to Harvard in the following year. In 1876 and 1877 Yale again defeated Harvard, Columbia and Princeton. In 1878 some changes were made in the rules, tending to make the game closer and the number of players on each team was reduced to fifteen. That year Princeton won, with Yale second and Harvard third...
...great revolution in football occurred in 1880 when the present Rugby game was introduced and the players reduced to eleven on each side. Since that change, football has taken the foremost place in college sports and is now the most popular and scientific game played. Some years afterwards the "blocking" system of play was introduced by Princeton. The championship was won by Yale for several years, Princeton following closely. In 1884 the contest between Yale and Princeton was a draw and the championship was not awarded. Princeton won in 1885 by a remarkable run of Lamar's, which turned...
...Yale oarsmen have already begun active preparations for next year's crew. The stroke which was rowed by last year's crew will be retained without change. Hard training has not yet commenced but the men take a short row every day, and as soon as the football season is over a system of light training will be begun in the gymnasium. Yale has the material this year for a crew which ought to equal if not be better than last year's crew. Five and perhaps six old men will row again this year. A large number...