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Cornell is to lose Coach Charles E. Courtney at the end of the present rowing season. After almost 30 years of highly successful service as chief of staff of the Cornell navy he is to retire, as his physical condition will not warrant his continuing in charge of the crews as head coach longer than this year. There is little doubt, however, that he will remain high in the advisory councils of Cornell rowing...
...prepare themselves for the service of the Bank in foreign fields. It is proposed to broaden and generalize these opportunities so that ultimately every student will be enabled and expected to do some field work in that particular department of business life in which he is especially interested. In almost every phase of 'big business' in New York today the need is experienced for more expert and thorough training; and it is hoped in the advanced courses of the School to bring about a close co-operation between the corps of instructors on the one hand and the business community...
...important port of entry for foreign and domestic shipping and for immigration, and has fifty or more separate and independent municipalities in its immediate vicinity, while the state of Massachusetts is a community which has long been recognized as standing in the forefront of American commonwealths in almost all aspects of the science and practice of public health. To the advantages of location are added the resources of the University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
...extremely exciting maritime deer hunt ensued, in which the occupants of the "Pup" almost carried away the prize. After failing to lassoo the deer, those in the "Pup" decided to let the animal go free, but a capture would have been easy, as the boat came within two feet of the quarry. The two Eli representatives, however, were not so magnanimous, and insisted on pursuing the chase, with the usual unfortunate results...
...memorabilia include dramatic prints and portraits, manuscripts, playbills, magazines, plays and biographies which Mr. Shaw has been collecting ever since his graduation in 1869. The cataloguing and indexing of the mass of material has been so systematic that almost any phase of dramatic activity during the past three centuries may be referred to at an instant's notice. The virtually complete annals of the Boston and New York stages are represented, while the theatrical history of the rest of the United States and of England are exceptionally well shown. France and Germany are not neglected. Especially noteworthy are the dramatic...