Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most important event in the Medical School is the establishment of a simple graded four years course. This school has had three new fellowships established during the past year and the summer and graduate courses are increasing in every sense...
...most important event at the library during the current year has been the completion of the index to the subject catalogue. The catalogue itself has been greatly benefited by this and several important changes have been made in it. The Library is sadly in need of a new building. At the end of two years the librarian has announced that the entire shelf room in Gore Hall will be filled. It is proposed to build a new reading room retaining the present building as a book-stack. Such alterations would cost $150,-000 at the least. There are now twenty...
Vredenburgh, Downs Harvard '90, and Christie are all three entered for the 300 yard event at the indoor meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union, to be held next Saturday in the Madison Square Garden. The total number of entries...
...will be generally admitted that there are some features of past winter meeting which should go by the board. The wrestling events can be dropped with advantage. The number of men who are interested in this branch of athletics is not large, and the bouts are always stupid and tiresome. The spectators, as well as the athletes, like events that go with more snap. The fencing and broadswords contests of last year were new and interesting. The executive committee of the II. A. A. should exert itself to make up programs which will be as far as possible fresh...
Several Harvard men have entered for the Worcester Athletic Club's meeting, which takes place Saturday evening, Feb. 6. The events, which are all handicap, are 40 yard dash; 440 yard dash; 880 yard run; 1 mile run; 1 mile walk; pole vault; running high jump. The contests will be held in the Worcester Skating Rink, which is a short distance from the railroad station. Two prizes will be given in each event. The track is sixteen laps to the mile and short spike shoes may be worn...