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...addition to the Cricket Matches and Boat Races, the English Universities have trials of skill in running, jumping, throwing the hammer, etc., which have been very successful and have attracted a good deal of attention...
...were in favor of some part of the Hudson, and more of Saratoga. Mr. Goodwin mentioned some of the advantages of Springfield, and was followed by Mr. Luther, who stated that the Springfield Club was anxious to have it in that city, and would give prizes, furnish boat accommodations, etc. Though the two gentlemen who had measured the breadth of the course differed widely in their opinions about the practicability of starting twelve crews, it was voted that the regatta be held at Springfield, that the course be straight-away, three miles, and that the Regatta Committee fix the starting...
...Plans for improvement have already been considered, and were it not for the crippled condition of the College finances next summer would see the work begun. It is proposed to raise the roof of the dressing-rooms to double its present height, and to place the office, dressing-rooms, etc., on the second floor. This change would almost double the space for apparatus on the ground floor, and ventilators and bath-rooms could be easily arranged. The Government must too well appreciate the importance of a first-class Gymnasium to allow it long to remain in its present cramped...
...writer in the Courant first attacks the statement that "the examination for admission to Harvard College is at least one year's study higher in standard than the admission examination of any other college in the country," etc. (See Report, page 11.) To disprove this he brings forward a copy of an examination paper on Latin composition, which has in its foot-notes Latin equivalents for most of the English words in the text. He leaves his readers to infer from this single copy that all examination papers presented to candidates for admission to Harvard are of a similar easy...
However pleasing it may be to some of us to carry the reputation of being jolly dogs, etc., yet the above picture symbolizes the characteristics of a very small set of each class, - a set which grows smaller as the class grows older. The majority of students do not deserve the name they have abroad. As a rule they are earnest in their studies, thoughtful and devoted, fully conscious of the advantages presented by their Alma Mater, and determined to make the most of them. But although this is the case, in order to obtain justice from others, we must...