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...third winter meeting of the H. A. A. last Saturday, was a very successful one. The attendance was good but there was not such a jam as to render it uncomfortable. The events went off with considerable snap and vigor and the meeting closed before anyone had a chance to be bored at the sameness which the various feats must have in a meeting of this sort. The performance began with work on the horizontal bar: C. A. Goeble, '88; G. L. Barney, '90; F. B. Myers, '90; and J. B. Henderson, '91, gave a very good exhibition. Henderson carried...
This afternoon occurs the last of the three winter meetings of the Athletic Association. There are not so many entries this year as there have been in former years, and consequently the competition in the various events will not be so close as usual. However, the meeting will doubtless prove interesting to those who enjoy gymnastic feats on the rings and bars and the like. Two of the events-the high jump and pole vault-will be contested at the Mott Haven games this spring, and the records made today will be watched with interest...
...series of Vesper services will close at the Recess. The last service will be on Thursday, March 29th...
...originally intended to revive, this year, the Art-Mines Freshman race, which, besides being usually a close and exciting one to watch, was an excellent means of testing the men's "sand," and thus in picking the crew. So few men, however, tried for places in the boats, and such little interest seemed to be taken by the classes in the matter, that it has been given...
...annual boat race between Cambridge and Oxford takes place next Saturday, the 24th of March. It is thought that the contest will be a close one. Cambridge has a finer set of men and her crew is working very hard. But the Oxford crew row in better form than their rivals, and will have an advantage if the race is in a high wind. Their stroke is more effective in rough water than that of the Cambridge...