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...Lehmann will be accompanied by Mr. Henry Willis, a well-known oarsman, who rowed on the Eton eight when at school and has rowed number 3 on Leander for two years. In '95 Mr. Willis won the Grand Challenge Cup and this year rowed on the Leander four as well as on the eight. He will assist Mr. Lehmann in the coaching this fall...
...insufficient, the undergraduates could easily form an association the iniation fees of which would cover all expenses at a very moderate cost to each member. If, as seems likely, the game becomes appreciated in the course of time, other courts could be built at no great expense. At Eton, where the game originated, a body of a thousand students finds constant use for fifty courts, even during the football season. At Harvard, where there are no out-door games to detract from the sport, its popularity should certainly be equally great. I can not believe that men take to pulley...
...Eton College was founded in 1441 by Henry VI. Gladstone, Lord Salisbury and Balfour attended this college...
...Schuylkill Navy Athletic Club has sent invitations to the athletic associations of Oxford, Cambridge, Eton, Harrow, London, Dublin, Cheltenham and Uppingham Universities, inviting them to send delegates to the inter-collegiate games at Philadelphia, April...
...these schools chapel life is a most essential feature. Dr. Temple's superannuation which fixes the age for sixth form men at nineteen prevails at many schools. The classics are the basis of classification, and a sixth form man often takes lower form mathematics. Music is much fostered; their Eton boating song so popular here is not so highly regarded in England. The songs are written by the teachers and the music master sets them to music. The sentiment in all these songs is very noble and elevating. The Harrow songs are noted all over England. They are very unique...