New-York tribune., 1884-02-24
bers and ladies' doubles won by A. sehe,peraorn
and Mss johnson.
NOTES FROM HARVARD,
DISSATISFACTION WITH THE NEW ATHLETIC M
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DISSATISFACTION WITH THE NEW ATHLETIC RrLEs.
SPORTS AND STUDY.
IrRoA AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF rHr rEIgt,sr
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb %. The rnles tend
ing 10 restrict college athletics recently adopteA nv
committee composed OF members OF tho f.s,lt,es of
different colleges have hoen the principal top, Of CON
yersaton at Harvard during the past two weeks These
rules II carried out % the letter VIII affect the interest.
Of Harvard moro than those Of any other college II
Yale refuses 10 adopt tbnn ~ she undoubtedly M re-
fuse the annual Harvard Yale race Will have 70 be given
up the baseball games bct-een tho two colleges cannot
be played aud Harvard cannot compete with Yale In tho
Intercollegiate games at Mott Haven. Tho feeling Of tho
undergraduates OF the college Is well expressed in
munieation in this mornings Issue Of The HoaW Grim
son. Of which tho following Is brief summary; The
writer says that the Faculty has broken the long cstab
Ilshed custom Of nOniuerfCrence In the ahas OF the
students We have pcon playing rather ronShcr game
OF football than IN the past but student sentiment would
have prevented n repetition of such playing another
YEAR there have been athletics o. late years
that the studcnts have remciiod Themselves without
Faculty ntercrencc the rules were passed by tho Fac
ulty without any consultation whatever with tic stu
dents; the third resolution = tho most objectionable
Resolved that college organization shan row. OF
play baseball foot ball. lacrosse or cricket except With
similar organizations from their own or similar iasttu-
tons OF learning" This shuts out such organizations az
the Union Boat Club tho Beacon ball nine, tho Union
lacrosse team and the LongwoOd cricket team many ot
which organizations largely composed Of Harvard
graduates and all Of whose members are gentleman ANA
teurs Ghe HerGN Crimson, tho best exponent OF
undergraduate opinion, takes practically 'he sams
ground gs its correspondent and ssgmstizca The action
of the Faculty as -timed, ineIpedient ard unjust
In spite Of the uncertainty Of engaging In amy nPor-
tant athletic contests this year. the crew. tho nnc and tho
Mott Haven team arc busy at work. and the gymnasium
daily presents scene of bustling activity. The Nota
Haven team is under tho charge OF Mr W. II. Goodwin,
's4 C. H. Atkinson holds the best college sPd tner-
can amateur record in the running high jump, and W. IL
Goodwin the best college record in the quarter and halt
mile runs Tho Athletic Association VIII hold Tour meet
ings in the gymnasium the latter part ~ March
The University and class crews are in active training
The names of the candidates for the Nars!ty ana u'e
method of training have already been given In THE
TKIm.SE IInhgens 81 and Clarke, -, have returned
college aud It will be possible to put crew @ r3nssns an,ns
The class promise To be unusually cio>e ana .hlcI-
The Harvard Co-opcraiiyc Society, Of which an eI-
tended account has already appeared ia IhE dEi9sSE'
The following officers we're elected or tho sGng year.
President Professor Anes secretary, Allen Cnrtis -;
TsTssig. f. r cabot L. 3, r Anly L. g, r. 5. Parker
SO j. T. Russell ~. The college library has recently
Joined the society AMI ITS privileges haSe s9 Deoh @ sh &
The Historical Society has made arrangements for q
Tie first lecture OF tue series given last Tuesday eye
nine bv General c. II. Gordon. the second battle OF
M7 Pin The remaining elght lectures are follows
February 2G, General F. ". Palfrey, on Gainess MI
and the Pennsular Campaign, March july, lsG2 March
4 Major j. r. Huntington ChanceOrsyillc; March
H. GettysDurg; March IL, Dr. r. Chsnins, Nckeoussi
March IS General T.. Opdycke; the Cbiekainauga aild
chattanooga Campaign April 9, Colonel Henry .tone
Franklin and Nashville; April To- shcim2ns .iaiSn ;,
through Georgia. April - ME- D. - hoPes '"' 'h"1'
Campaign Of 1864. -, ,-,,,. ,o,,,., -.,,,,r mill
onaii, revert ia tho University tor rho cndoTment
of in the Medical School,! after thc sub
traction of the bcquests for scholarships - es''eu ~
Sl5O,000. III, - -, ..,.,, %
Handel recently said II IA curious fact Uat OF tho
forty oeras that Handel wrote not one is prou1lO On VI"
mojern stage think that II OF ties. we're repro
duced s IL was sung aud acted In Handcs to WIN mo
same scenery ard effects, 10 wouy De an exceed
ngly interesting study. Harvard repTOduced nc oret
NAV with great success; hope that the day IS no fai
distant when we shalt bring out one Of Handlers Operas
Dr. Alexander Mckenzie Is at present cohiuciihg 'I'
mornng rc igiOus services Of the college.