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...John's College (Cambridge, England) sports, which were held a few days ago, the records made were far below the usual standard. The 100-yards dash was made with the aid of a strong wind in 10 4-5s., and high jump was only...
...since the subject is one which has a fascination for almost every one-whether they will admit it or not. The object of the lecture is one which certainly must appeal to us all. We all must realize that the Boat Club needs help, and when we can give aid at the cost of such small sacrifice to ourselves it is plainly our duty-and should be our pleasure-to do so. The time, place and means of securing tickets for the lecture will be found in the notice. We would advise those who wish to hear a very good...
...concert in aid of the Harvard University Boat Club will be given by the Glee Club, Pierian Sodality and Banjo Club, at the Young Men's Christian Association Hall, Boston, on Tuesday evening, March 6, at 8 o'clock. The number and character of the patrons and patronesses of the undertaking should insure its success. The tickets, one dollar each, may be obtained at Herrick's Theatre Ticket Agency, Hotels Vendome and Brunswick, and at Clarke and Carruth's in Boston; and at Sever's University Bookstore in Cambridge. There are no reserved seats...
...with much pleasure that we publish this morning the announcement of the concert to be given in Boston for the benefit of the University Boat Club. Every such announcement of aid to the club is a welcome one, and the Glee Club, Pierian Sodality and Banjo Club deserve the praise and thanks of the college. It will be remembered that the concert given last year by the same organizations was an extraordinarily good one, and we feel safe in predicting that the concert of this year will be in no wise inferior. The object of the concert alone should...
...urging our readers to attend the Authors' Reading to be held in Sander's Theatre on the evening of Feb. 27th, we feel that we are advocating a highly worthy object. It may, perhaps, be well to state that the reading is given in aid of the Longfellow Memorial Fund, and that several well-known authors, among them Julia Ward Howe, Edward Everett Hale and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, have promised to read selections from their works. The entertainment cannot fail to be interesting, and the object is so worthy that we are anxious to impress on all that...