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...star is a very prominent one now and its position can be easily described: It can be seen at about seven or eight in the evening by looking overhead at the brighest star in the zenith and following with the eye about one quarter of the area from that star to the western horizon. The distinguishing points are that it is very bright and is almost exactly in the centre of a triangle of three other stars. More specifically--following along that part of the Fence running from the Co-operative to Massachusetts--if one stands by the first post...
...have done good work during the winter. Brewster, who rode so well last year, is considered the best bicyclist, though J. W. Allen and E H. Young are not much his inferiors. Wright is walking exceptionally well. But it is in field events that Yale's chances are brighest. Sheldon, Lyman, Ladd, Gillespie, Rowe and Dickson will try the high and broad jumps. Hickok, Coxe, Lyman, Brown and Sheldon are relied upon for their share of points in the hammer and shot. Cartwright the pole vaulter is still at Yale and has a close competitor in C. P. Rice...
There are seven Japanese students at Yale College, where they are general favorites, and one of the brighest of them is Shinkichi Shigerri, who is only ninety pounds in weight and about four feet tall-or, rather, short. He will graduate with honors at the approaching commencement, but will not go back to Japan...