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...fences are to be provided, and are to have "a large round top railing, comfortable to sit on." Each class is to have a fence, the Seniors having the first choice...
...first game of the fall on Wednesday last opened very encouragingly, and tested well the nerve of the new players. Each man in his position had something to do. Holden's assist from the out field, Dow's capture of a difficult fly, after a hard run, Howe's play at third, and the pitching and catching of Ernst and Tyng, were noteworthy features of the game. The base-hits, though few, were well timed, and the batting generally hard. A return game will be played with the same club to-morrow at 3 P. M. on the Boston grounds...
...Harvard Glee Club are in want of First Tenors and Second Basses. Those wishing to apply will please meet the Club at 21 Beck Hall on Monday, October 15, at 7 1/2 o'clock...
...Prizes took place in Boylston Hall on Wednesday evening. The committee consisted of Colonel Henry Lee, Professor J. B. Thayer, Professor B. F. Tweed, Professor C. F. Dunbar, Samuel S. Shaw, U. H. Crocker, Professor A. S. Hill, Professor S. Baxter, George W. C. Noble, and John P. Hopkinson. First prizes, of forty dollars each, were awarded to C. Guild and C. W. Lane; and second prizes, of thirty dollars each, to E. L. Went-worth and A. L. Wheeler...
...honors by warping, more than disciplining and cultivating, the mind. Undoubtedly the age and antecedents of the student determine the advisability of such a course. All that can safely be said is that, for a man of little general reading, little knowledge beyond the text-books of the first two years in college, the exclusiveness of an honor course is extremely deleterious; to a more generally read man, extremely beneficial...