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...tournament will be held on the first four days of next week, from 3 to 6 P. M., provided ten men enter. The entrance-fee will be fifty cents, which will go toward partly paying for the prize. An entry-book will be opened at Bartlett's, which will close at 12 M., Monday. The contestants will be drawn in pairs, and the winners of the trials play on until one man remains unbeaten. The place of playing will be written in the entry-book. Umpires and scorer will be appointed later. Those who are interested in Lawn Tennis should...
...From the close of the exercises at the Tree till 9, the President will receive Seniors of all departments and their friends at his house; no gentleman will be admitted without a ticket...
...Advocate by Mr. Bradley and Mr. Pennypacker. Happy responses were made by Mr. Stow for the Crew, and by Mr. A. Perry for the committee on the supper. After the last toast, "Ourselves," had been appropriately answered by the president, Mr. Woodbury, the exercises were brought to a close in the customary pleasant way, and the rooms were handed over to the class...
...centennial of Phillips Academy, Andover, which is to be celebrated on Wednesday and Thursday of next week, is rendered of interest to the students of Harvard by the fact of the close connection which has existed between the academy and this college. Of late years the number of boys prepared for Harvard at Andover has somewhat fallen off, but the tide has turned, and now an increasing number in every class find their way to this college...
...been before. The time made in the Hundred-Yard Dash and Quarter-Mile Run was most excellent, - remarkable when we consider that it was made on a track of loose dirt, instead of a cinder path. The Bicycle Race produced capital sport, every inch of the three miles being closely contested. It was, we believe, the first race ridden by amateurs in the country. Next fall, with a proper cinder track on Holmes or Jarvis, we hope to see larger fields of starters and equally fast and close races. The time made in all the events proves that as athletes...