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...competition for the permanent challenge cup presented to the Shooting Club by E. Wigglesworth '08 will begin, today and continue until November 21. Each competitor will hand in his score for 10 strings of 25 birds shot during this period, the best eight of which will count towards the cup. The cup will be shot for every spring and fall, and each winner will retain it until the next competition. A medal for permanent possession will be awarded by the Shooting Club to each winner...
...rain yesterday afternoon after the first set and one game in the second had been played. N. W. Niles '09 beat E. P. Pearson 1L. in the first set, 6-3, and won the initial game of the second set. Both the whole set and the extra game will count and the match will be finished on Jarvis Field today at 2 o'clock...
...spring. The conditions under which the competition will be conducted have been regulated by the donor to the following effect: A competitor must be an undergraduate of good standing. Each competitor will hand in his score for ten strings of twenty-five birds, the best eight of which will count for the cup. The period in which the cup will be shot for is not to exceed three weeks. The winner will retain the cup until it is won by another competitor. The exact dates for the competition will be fixed by the officers of the club each year...
...Several people have crossed the Sahara desert and have attempted to reach the North Pole in this manner, though without success. In the future, balloons will be used for reconnoitering in times of war, and for this purpose the French have built the "Republique" and the Germans are helping Count Zeppelin construct another dirigible balloon. The great advance that has been made in this line is in the fact that these balloons are driven by motor power...
...Never has a year begun since the inauguration of the plan of exchange professors under such favorable auspices as has this one. Professor Kuehnemann is singularly welcome because we are acquainted with him and with his work. The visiting professor is as one of the Faculty, because his courses count for a degree. So it was with Professor Davis in Berlin when he went over as exchange professor...