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Intercollegiate competition began in the field of athletics and produced a prevailingly healthful intercourse between Harvard and its fellow-colleges. This has gradually drawn the University from an isolated position into closer and wider relations with its neighbors. Teams in almost every branch of sport represent us against rivals, and growing out of this the musical clubs of the various colleges give joint concerts...
...president of the club, has produced three plays previous to the one which is now appearing in Boston; two of them, "The Nigger", and "Salvation Nell" have been very marked successes. E. G. Knoblauch '96 has also produced a play in New York. In connection with these it is almost needless to mention the dramas of Percy MacKaye '97, especially "The Scarecrow", produced in 1910, and "The Faith-healer" of William Vaughn Moody...
...Craig of the Castle Square Theatre founded a prize of $250 for a play, the competition being open to undergraduates of the University and to Radcliffe students. The prize has twice gone to Radcliffe. Last year's play, "The End of the Bridge" by Miss Florence Lincoln, had an almost unprecedented run in Boston and is now being produced in the West. The foundation of the prize and the popularity of the winning play show the interest of undergraduates in play-writing and the recognition of that enthusiasm by outsiders...
Sixty men reported at the first meeting of the winter class in general athletics for Freshmen. This number is almost twice that enrolled last year, while in 1909 only 7 men joined the class. Owing to the increased enrollment this year the class will be divided into squads of 10 men, each squad under the leadership of one of its own members. W. F. Garcelon L.'95 and P. Withington '09 will have charge of the class. Fencing instruction will be given under the direction of M. Leslabay, coach of the University fencing team, and Samuel Anderson, the former world...
This year the general average for the College is almost one in nine, while among graduates of the seven schools considered last year, Groton, Middlesex, Milton, Pomfret, St. George's, St. Mark's, and St. Paul's, the average is only one in thirty-five this year. Among the graduates of three high schools taken as typical--Boston Latin, Cambridge Latin, and English High--one out of every five qualifies as a scholar...