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Yesterday afternoon, Mr. P. S. Sears, '89, won the college championship for the third time by defeating Mr. G. W. Lee, '89, the winner of the fall tournament. The score was 9-7, 9-7, 8-6. The play was extremely good and remarkably even; for though Sears won three straight sets, each set was stubbornly contested and there was no time when the match was at all one-sided. Mr. Sears played a very strong game, his strokes from the back of the court being especially hard and well placed. Mr. Lee volleyed accurately, and his play throughout...
...great opportunities for earning money through private tuition, through innumerable avenues of trade, and through writing for the public press. A large number of correspondents tell of money earned outside of their scholarships. The immense aids provided for our students maintain a balance of condition here, and enable even the poorest to obtain a Harvard education. And what an education it is; how broad and deep and individually stimulating,- the most truly American education, which the continent affords...
...which the home has formed. Those who have been accustomed to large expenditure spend freely here; those of quiet and considerate habits do not lightly abandon them. But it may seem that the smallest of the sums named is large for a poor man. It may be believed that even after restraint and wisdom are used, Harvard remains the college of the rich. There is much in our circumstances to make it so. An excellent education is unquestionably a costly thing, and to live where many men wish to live calls for a good deal of money. We have...
...advantages to be gained by going into training as candidates for their class crew. In the first place there is need of plenty of strong, heavy men from whom to select the crew; but aside from this, rowing is one of the best forms of exercise, and even those who do not intend to make a specialty of athletics will find themselves well repaid for the time spent in training. It is an excellent plan to get into the habit of steady, systematic gymnasium work, such as is required of the candidates, and every man will feel the benefit...
...schedule of games decided on at the convention, Saturday night, gives very general satisfaction here. Every one is, of course, delghted that the Yale game is to be played in New York, even if not on Thanksgiving Day, and there has been a great scramble for coaches since the date was announced...