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winner of the annual matches. First to win this trophy was Myers, '88,
in 1886 and again in 1887. Dadmun, '91, displayed his versatility by
winning it the following year. Then for three years in a row
Southgate, '92, was champion of the courts as well as captain of the
football team. Coburn, '95, won the cup in 1892 and 1893. There are no
records of subsequent matches, nor of what disposition was made of the
Landsing cup.
Literary and journalistic proclivities of students found an outlet at
an early date in a college paper. It was conceived in 1885 by J. Brace
Chittenden, '88, and others. Permission for its publication was
secured even though "the attitude of the Faculty might be said to be
that of indifference. " The first issue of the W T I appeared in June,
1885. Its masthead bore Chittenden's name as editor-in-chief, assisted
by Allan D. Risteen, '85, James P. Pierpont, '86, John A. Chamberlin,
'87, Charles B. Murray, '87, and Lee Russell, '88. George H. Burr,
'86, was business manager. Nine issues a year were promised at a
subscription price of one dollar.
"This is truly what we hope to do:" ran the leading editorial, "to
educate the young, edify the old, encourage the successful, pour balm
on the wounded spirit, and instruct the faculty; in short to enlighten
the world and elevate mankind." In addition to well-written
editorials, there were scientific notes, comments on literature, the
arts, and politics, athletics, letters and essays, and a spicy column
called Technicalities. From the beginning and throughout its life, the
W T I -- "no periods, please!"-- was an excellent example of
undergraduate journalism.
The W T I became a member of the New England Collegiate Press
Association in 1887 and helped maintain contacts between the Institute
and other colleges. That year the paper also changed its initials to W
P I to conform with the new name of the Institute. It was ever valiant
in its protests against such irritations as personal marks,
characterized as "semi-annual lottery drawings," and the practices of
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