Word: close
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...conference tonight marks the close of a systematic effort made this year to extend the study of the Bible throughout the University. During the year there have been definitely enrolled in Bible-study groups, either in dormitory or church classes, some 500 men. This number includes those registered in all departments of the University...
Entries for the Leiter Cup baseball series will close on Friday, April 16, at 6 o'clock. Blue-books have been placed at Leavitt & Peirce's, in which all teams and individual players must enter. The names of at least twelve bona fide players and the captain must be given with each team entry. Individual players will be assigned to a team by the manager by signifying what positions they wish to play. The series will be started immediately after the spring recess and for this reason entries should be made at once...
...result of the interview between President Eliot and President Taft in the Blue Room of the White House yesterday, no official decision has been made by President Eliot either in acceptance or refusal of the ambassadorship to the Court of St. James. It is ascertained, however, from sources close to President Taft that President Eliot told Mr. Taft at the time the offer was made that he was disposed to refuse it, inasmuch as he was retiring from the Presidency of Harvard in order to relieve himself of responsible duties. He stated, moreover, that, having been as educator...
...University fencing team, who have offered the cups as prizes, have decided that unless more interest is made evident by atleast three additional entries, the tournament will not take place. All teams will be chosen as evenly and as fairly as possible, in order to insure a close competition...
...occasion had been more frequent, the Faculty would not have had to ask a College committee to investigate this evil. As a reason, it seemed evident that when all interest was devoted to athletics, scholarship should be left out. Undergraduates, however, are coming to realize more and more the close relation between vigorous effort in College and success in after-life. This is the attitude which will do away with any opprobrium...