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...challenge has been forwarded from Harvard, Princeton and Columbia to Oxford and Cambridge for another cable chess match. The trophy won by the English universities last April will again be the prize. The wish of the Americans is to have six players on each side who are bona fide students of the universities. They will not necessarily be restricted to the colleges named, but must not be more than five years from the year of their matriculation. The next contest will probably be in April...
...Princeton debate will be held this year on Dec. 16. The question will be, "Resolved, That the English claims in the controversy with the South African Republic are justifiable." As Harvard has chosen the subject, Princeton will have the choice of sides. Her option will be announced Nov. 12. The trial debates will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 7, Saturday, Nov. 11, and Thursday, Nov. 16. At the first trial, when twelve men will be chosen, speeches will be limited to five minutes. At the second trial there will be ten-minute speeches and six men will be chosen from...
...Sever 11 at 7.30 o'clock. Professor Hart will speak on the historical features of civil service reform in this country and on the present young man's interest in the work; Mr. Lowell, who has just returned from England after a year spent in the study of the English colonial system, will speak on the English methods and experiences; and Mr. Dana will tell about the actual machinery of the work in this country. All members of the University interested in the problems of good government are invited to attend, whether or not intending to join the club...
This evening Professor Macvane will repeat, by special request, the lecture which he delivered last week on "England and the Transvaal." Beginning with an account of the past relations of the English and the Dutch colonists in South Africa, Professor Macvane will show the present condition of politics and society there, and explain the causes which have led up to the present war. The lecture will be delivered in the Fogg Art Museum at eight o'clock...
...Copeland will give a series of four lectures and two readings for the benefit of the union, next month. These lectures will be on English novels, the subjects being Fielding, Thackeray and two others, probably Smollett and Dickens. The lectures will be held Wednesdays at four o'clock in Sever 11, beginning November 15. Tickets for the course may be secured at the Prospect Union, at Amee's, and at the Old Corner Book Store in Boston. The price of course tickets is $2.50; single tickets 50 cents...