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Crosman, '82, Business Manager. of life ; and it will be well for us if we learn to do thor- S. Rufus Jones, 'S4, Assistant Business Manager. oughly whatever we undertake, whether it be work or Suhscription Prtee, One Copy, One Year, $1.00 play. American cricket is improving every year, and, if The Haverfordian is the official organ of the students of Haverford College, and is published monthly during the College year. Haverford would maintain the position she has so long Literary communications should be addressed to the editors. held among Philadelphia clubs, her members must work, endeavoring not Our subscribers will please notice the reduction only to perfect themselves, but also to infuse the ambition to do the same into the minds of in our subscription price to $1.00 per year. others. It, of course, will depend a great deal upon the Old Haverfordians in particular, and friends of the College captain and the ground committee whether the eleven generally, should give us their hearty support in our endeavors to raise the standard of literary work in the College. practices as it ought, as every movement must have some to it. Arrangements having been made with the publishers of the one direct Therefore we would say to the captain, " Student," we shall now be enabled to mail, to any address, the whoever he may be, that the position in which he is placed "Student" and " Havetfprdian" together, for $r.jo per year. is one of great responsibility, and that it will require much energy and tact on his part to fill it successfully. [for the haverfordian.] We would advise you who are new members of the A SONNET. college to " stick to " cricket until you can thoroughly The Past.—how much that word contains ! how sweet it enjoy ; and once able to do this, you will not need The recollections stirred by it! how fast They nutter through my mind, and sometimes cast our advice to keep you playing. Should you stick to it, A tinge of sadness o'er me as I greet we assure you that you will never regret the time spent Aeain friends long gone, but whom I meet Oft as I look upon the pleasant Past. in learning this delightful game. " What I most regret O Past 1 thy pleasures shall in'memory last, in my college life is that I did Till my fond heart has found its resting seat. not learn to play cricket in O Present ! that in trulh art always nigh ; my Freshman year," has been frequently said by gradu- We heed not, and still more, we love not thee, But for the Future frequently we sigb, ates of Haverford. Let the members of the class of '82 Believing that it cannot fail to be take warning from the experience of others, and keep on More pleasant; and our aspirations high Must be fulfilled, Future, there in thee in well-doing, at the same time remembering that cricket E. B. A. is not perfected in a day, or a week, or a month, but that, as long as one plays, so long will he continue to learn. In beginning the college year it is but fitting that we should look forward with interest to the future of the various college enterprises, and to none do we look for- When The Haverfordian in its last issue called the ward with more interest and anxiety than to that of the attention of its readers to the telescope now in our Ob- Dorian Cricket Club.