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- 1820c.13 + (<p>"On the green and easy slope wher … <p>"On the green and easy slope where those proud columns stand,</p></br><p>In Dorian mood, with academe and temple on each hand,</p></br><p>The foot-ball and the cricket-match upon my vision rise</p></br><p>With all the clouds of classic dust kicked in each other' eyes."</p></br><p>This verse is incorporated without attribution in Brooks Mather Kelley, <u>Yale: a History</u> (Yale University Press, New Haven CT, 1974), page 214. Kelley's commentary: "[Cricket] may have been a sport at Yale then [in the Colonial period]. The first clear reference to it, owever, is in one stanza of a poem about Yale life in 1818 to 1822." <i>Ibid.</i> Is Yale shielding us from some racy student rhymes? Oh, not to worry: From a rival Ivy League source we see that Lester identifies the poet as William Cromwell - John A. Lester, <u>A Century of Philadelphia Cricket</u> (U of Penn Press, Philadelphia PA, 1951), page7. <b>Note:</b> OK, so who was William Cromwell, and why did he endow so many chairs at Yale?</p>ress, Philadelphia PA, 1951), page7. <b>Note:</b> OK, so who was William Cromwell, and why did he endow so many chairs at Yale?</p>)