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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...models of flowers may rest with safety. The results have been satisfactory. The new tablets are made of a white material which will not warp under any conditions. The surface is absolutely smooth and may be made to take any color: white, however, will probably be used entirely. The chief value of this invention lies in the fact that where flowers were formerly subject to serious damage by the warping of the cardboard upon which they were placed, now glass models may rest securely and to better advantage...
...Practical Agitation" (Scribner's) by John Jay Chapman '84 is a collection of seven critical essays dealing with some of the provinces of modern life. "Election and Election Time," "The Masses," "Literature and Journalism," and "Principles" are some of the chief themes. The essays are thoughtful, but at the same time show keen originality and independence...
...Freshman nine was defeated in a well played game yesterday afternoon by the Cambridge High and Latin School, by a score of 4 to 0. The chief cause of the defeat was poor batting by the entire team; but one hit was made, and the ball was seldom knocked out of the infield. Coonley, who pitched, has had little practice, but did fairly well and with good support would probably have won his game. Neither Bartlett nor Marean caught satisfactorily, both throwing poorly and dropping many pitched balls. Foster, at first base, was also weak in fielding and at times...
...Newell Senior crew has suffered more from changes than any of the others, but since it has had the present order, the crew has improved rapidly. The stroke is very even and has a good beat. The chief fault is a tendency to swing out of the boat. Stroke, Harding, 160; 7, Higginson, 155; 6, Fitzgerald, 160; 5, Biddle, 172; 4, Gale, 170; 3, Gray, 162; 2, Byrd, 163; bow, Bolling, 138; cox., Goodrich...
...spite of the heavy rain yesterday, the University track games were held as announced on Holmes Field. Although the track was very heavy and fast time impossible, Mr. Lathrop wished the team to be prepared to meet similar conditions in outside meets. The chief value of yesterday's games was that they showed several men to be good in events in which they had never before competed. J. E. Haigh '03, who has recently done well in the hundred and the two-twenty entered yesterday in the quarter mile, and won in the creditable time of 51 2-5 seconds...