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...series. The game last Friday night proved somewhat disappointing for both teams--for Yale in their defeat after a close game, and for Harvard in the periods of apparent raggedness of play and inaccurate shooting. Since then, however, the team has been drilled principally in close team-work among the forwards and quick shots, and it is hoped that the improvement will be apparent in the game tonight...
After speaking of the good which Tuskegee was accomplishing among the negroes, not alone in the United States but even in many foreign countries, for Tuskegee has students enrolled from 36 states and 18 foreign countries, Mr. Washington turned to the consideration of a few of their problems. The negro, he thinks, is better suited to country life than he is to the conditions which surround him in the large cities, both southern and northern. For this reason, Tuskegee has always devoted itself especially to the training of farmers. At the commencement exercises, addresses are always given on practical problems...
...addition to the above, there are a few concerts for which the dates have not yet been fixed. Among these are Wellesley and Northampton. The date of the crew race with Cornell has been tentatively set as May 26, and it is hoped that it may be arranged to bring the the Cornell Musical Clubs to Boston for a dual concert in Jordan Hall the night preceeding. In general, however, the Clubs will not give so many concerts as in past years, because a full schedule makes too great a demand on the time of the members...
...Washington is the author of several books, among them being "The Future of the American Negro," "Character Building," and "Working With the Hands." The University conferred upon him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1896 and Dartmouth that of LL.D...
...balance of the number there is little to be said. Mr. Jacobs's "Charity" is the best of several indifferent short stories, and Mr. Mitchell's "Island of Death" enjoys a similar distinction among the poems. Both the stories and the verse are creditable "literary" exercises...