Yale Defends Athletic Ethics Against Harvard Critique
Yale argues its athletic system differs from Harvard with faculty oversight and student-led rules. Walter Camp notes no drugging, limited summer practice, and academic standards while criticizing Harvard’s approach and urging proper intercollegiate regulation.
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Yale
Harvard
E. L.ichards
Walter Camp
Harper's Weekly
Elliot
Dean Briggs
Ath
Richards
New Haven
Eliot
Rosedale Names S Oakden as Cricket Prof For Soon Season
Toronto club Rosedale engages S Oakden as professional for the coming season. Chambers remains Longwood’s pro to uphold standards. Buffalo club arranging plans. Coleman serves as secretary. California Cricket Association grants a cup for a three time consecutive champion. English amateurs to Portugal two matches with Oporto as base. Harvard cricket announces eight club schedule with May 24 Haverford and May 29 Pennsylvania games. most matches away from home.
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Rosedale Club
Toronto
Ont
S. Oakden
Chambers
Longwood
Buffalo
N. Y
Coleman
California Cricket Association
San Francisco
A. H. Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Terre Haute Syndicate Buys Young Horse Dextell
A Terre Haute syndicate of horsemen has purchased the young horse Dextell, noted as the brother to Axtell. The deal reflects ongoing investment in promising thoroughbreds by regional owners.
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Terre Haute
Dextell
Axtell
Pamunkey Indians Seek Cherokee Wives to Save Lineage
The Pamunkey tribe in Virginia, alarmed by intermarriage thinning their blood, open talks with the eastern Cherokee Nation to marry their unmarried men and women. The Pamunkeys claim deep Algonquin roots, call themselves blue bloods, and note their isolated 809 acre reservation near the Pamunkey river east of Richmond.
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Tide Water
Virginia
Old Dominion
Jamestown
Captain Newport
American
Atlantic
King William County
Richmond
White House
George Washington
Curtis
Colonial Assembly of Virginia
York River
Tidewater
John Smith
Pocahontas
Mattapony River
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
United States
T B Blackstone Leader of the Chicago and Alton Rail
Timothy B Blackstone president and principal owner of the Chicago and Alton railroad for over thirty years is highlighted as a leading western railroad magnate. Born in Connecticut he rose from rodman to chief engineer and finally president guiding the line from 250 miles to over 1000 miles with innovations like the first dining cars and a Pullman sleeper.
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Timothy B. Blackstone
Chicago & Alton Road
Alton
Mr. Blackstone
Connecticut
Beauford
New York & New Haven Road
St Wkbridge & Thiisfield
Vermont Valley
Ilinois Central
LaSalle
Jolet & Cheng
Chicago & Alton
Alton System
Blackstone
Pamunkey Seek Cherokee Alliance for Marriage Bonds
Repeated talks in Washington between Pamunkey delegates and Indian Affairs Commissioner Browning explore wooing eastern Cherokee youths and maidens for intertribal marriage. Emissaries travel to Bird Town Wolf Town Soco and Big Cove to meet Nimrod J. Smith and leaders, aiming to unite lines of Powhatan descendants with the thriving Cherokees of North Carolina and adjacent states.
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Indian Affairs
Browning
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington
North Carolina
Nimrod J. Smith
Bird Town
Wolf Town
Soca
Big Cove
Generous Benefactor Opens Public Library in Native Town
A prominent local figure, known for his large heart and generosity, recently dedicated a public library in memory of his father to his native town. The act honors family roots and provides a lasting civic gift.
Distinguished Austrian Countess Joins Nawab in US Visit
The Countess Kullman of Austria travels with Nawab Imad Nawaz Jung Bahadur and his wife during their American visit. Not part of the nawab's party, she accompanies them from Hong Kong and will return to Europe with them after touring the United States. The party arrived in San Francisco aboard the City of Peking.
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Countess Kullman
Austria
Nawab Imad Nawaz Jung Bahadur
Hyderabad
America
Vienna
Orient
San Francisco
Peking
Count Kullman
Hong Kong
Europe
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Football Outlook
Yale College
New England
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Fred A. Conners
Oiji Cite
Conners
Fred A. Connersing
George Siddens
Billie Plummer
Thomas McMillin
Woods Run
Allegheny
City
Cricket
T. B. Blackstone
Bombay Zoo
Pyrenees
Paris
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