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Harvard is certainly to be congratulated upon the prospect of an international track meet to be held in the Stadium this summer. Although comparatively few Harvard men will be in Cambridge to witness the games, it is very flattering to know that Harvard is growing to be the centre for intercollegiate track athletics. It is difficult to say whether the increased interest in track athletics is the cause or the effect of this centering tendency which has brought the Intercollegiate Meet to Cambridge again this year. Certain it is, however, that the additional stimulus which large meets give will...
...interesting to trace the various evidences of expurgation as we have them in the "Iliad," to show the spirit of the Homeric Age. All indications prove that the "Iliad" was considerably expurgated, whereas the "Odyssey" underwent a less stringent process of revision. Although all the early myths point to many barbarous practices among the ancient Greeks, we see slight traces of them in the "Iliad." The poem is practically free from pictures of human sacrifice or torture, whereas in the "Odyssey" we have one situation very nearly approaching torture...
...been said of Harvard that there are two clubs or societies for every student, and although this saying is not literally true, there are few interests of young men which are not covered by some organization. It is undeniably a good sign, and the best of it is that each organization has found its place and enough support to warrant its existence. Temporarily, the interest in one activity may dwindle until it is no longer a factor in College life, and it is just this condition which has caught our attention...
...University team, although it contains only four men from last year's team, has had the advantage of a long southern trip, in which it met some of the strongest teams in the country. Since then the team has been practicing steadily under the direction of A. W. Rice 2L. and D. P. Penhallow '03, and under this coaching a strong team has been developed. The attack is fast and aggressive, and the defense although composed for the most part of new men has played consistently throughout the season...
...Saturday afternoon the Freshman first crew rowed a time trial upstream over the mile and seven-eights course from the Union Boat Club to the Longwood bridge. There was a strong head wind and the water was choppy so that no remarkable time was made, although the crew went over the course in 11 minutes and 27 seconds which may be considered satisfactory under the existing conditions...