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Dates: during 1890-1899
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When the field was first put into condition for athletics a number of cross trenches were dug 35 feet apart, connecting with a large central drain leading to the river. At the mouth of the main drain a valve was placed to keep out the tide. On examination it has been found that these drains serve their purpose well in some parts of the field and poorly in others. This is due to the fact that the soil of a portion of the field, particularly in the middle of the old gridiron, is largely clay and mud, through which...
...four experienced players it has improved steadily and has finally won the intercollegiate championship by defeating teams which had three or four times as many candidates to choose from. All this has been done under difficulties. There never has been any crease or special field of any kind set apart for the sport in the University, and as the crease in allston, which has formerly been used, was not available this year, the men have had to practice wherever and whenever they could. The important matches have all been won by plucky, uphill work, especially on the part...
...possible that one or two changes may have to be made, but my hope is that, accidents apart, the crew may now be taken as complete in its main features...
...Princeton has presented his valuable collection of death-masks to the university. The collection embraces about sixty masks and is probably the finest of the kind in the world. When mounted the masks will be put on exhibition in the new library building, where a room has been set apart for them. Among the specimens are the masks of such famous persons as Dean Swift, Thackeray, Sir Isaac Newton, of Queen Elizabeth and of Washington...
...thought that a lecture will be either well attended or crowded such a proportion of good seats as the lecturer thinks adequate, should be reserved for students. If it is wholly impossible to foretell whether the attendance will be large or small it would be little trouble to set apart a few seats so that if the lecture proves to be crowded students will not have to stand or be turned away...