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...years from its numerous thrashings on the river and on the football field? Is the College any better for them? Are the alumni or the students any better for them? Isn't it a good time to do as the merchant does annually: take an account of stock and ascertain if the business pays? The various crews and teams have got some exercise. The men who composed them have got some social prestige and popular notoriety, and the undergraduates some lung-exercise and some disappointments. But has this result been worth what it has cost? The money cost alone...
...track subway, the rails of which will be approximately 30 feet below the street level, have been drawn by the Boston Elevated Railroad Company and have been accepted by the City of Cambridge and by the Boston Transit Commission. Along the route, borings have been made to ascertain the nature of the ground and the strength of the building foundations. As much of the preliminary work as remains to be done can be finished before spring, when the actual construction will probably begin. By the provisions of the act, the subway must be in operation within three and one-half...
...vote any athlete, even though otherwise eligble, from the intercollegiate meet. This motion will be further discussed at the next meeting of the committee, which will be held on January 11. The advisability of excluding freshmen from the intercollegiate meet was also discussed and the secretary was instructed to ascertain from each college whether or not it employed the rule debarring first year students. The possibility of changing the date of the meet from the last Friday and Saturday in May to the first Friday and Saturday in June was also considered and referred to the next meeting...
...rowed well and seemed to have great reserve power in the stroke. They were given six miles in all, and throughout their shell ran smoothly, shipping very little water. As no attempt has been made to time the work of the university eight, it is impossible to ascertain as yet its exact speed over the four-mile course...
...work at first will consist in a 30-minute practice in catching, passing, and falling on the ball, goal kicking, and running down the field under punts. Scrimmages will be held later in the season, in order to ascertain the results of the working of the new rules...