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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...usual delightful way. As he talked of his retirement, he reminded us of the durability of the University which would not be shaken by a change of administration; and urged us as future graduates who would go to form the living force of Harvard to do our best to uphold the aims and ideals for which Harvard stands...
Brown, who recently held the Yale University team down to two runs, pitched for Andover. He was not up to his best form, however, and in the second inning the Freshmen drew three clean hits, a triple, a double, and a single, scoring two runs. They retained their lead until the sixth inning when Andover secured three runs by timely hits off Babson. Both teams scored again in the ninth. The Freshmen hit better than expected but their fielding was ragged...
Since March 31 the order of the second crew has remained the same, except for a change on May 4, when Severance went in at 5, Smith moving to 3, and Whitney to bow. The crew has developed into one of the best second crews that ever represented the University. The men are well together and the boat moves along well at a high stroke. Throughout the season the crew has done very well in races with the University crew, and has been able to win consistently from the Freshmen...
...final competition last evening for the first and second cups offered by the Speaker's Club for the best original ten-minute speeches on any subject whatever, the first cup was awarded to St. J. Perret '10, who delivered "A Eulogy over the Tomb of Father Turgis, a Chaplain of the Southern Army in the Civil War, on the Occasion of a Reunion of Confederate Veterans." B. S. Van Rensselaer '10 was awarded the second cup for a speech on "Social Life at Harvard." The judges were E. Bernbaum '02, F. W. C. Hersey '99, and A. H. Lyber...
Yesterday afternoon the University golf team was defeated, 6 matches to 0 by the Wollaston Golf Club at Wollaston Sproule of Wollaston made the best score, going over the course in 75. P. G. Fuller, amateur champion of Massachusetts, played for Wollaston, and the team as a whole was very strong. M. MacArthur '10 played instead of H. G. Clark '11 on the University team...