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...Harvard Free Wool club held its fifth meeting last evening in 16 Matthews for the purpose of distributing membership shingles. The club was formed about the first of March and has for its object: to promote, and to provide means for the study of tariff reform, and for the study of the best methods of popular government. The club already has over fifty men on its membership roll among whom are many of those who were most interested in the Tariff Reform club last fall...
...Fellowships have just been founded in accordance with a vote of the committee of the academic council. They are the Henry Lee Fellowship and the Ozias Goodwin Fellowship. The annual value of each is $450. The first is intended for distinction in Political Economy while the other is devoted to excellence in Constitutional or International Law. It is not specified that Harvard graduates alone are eligible, but graduates of any college may apply. It is required that all applicants for 1889 send word to the secretary on or before Saturday, June 15th...
...clock this morning the first annual meeting of the Interscholastic Athletic association will be held on Holmes field. For several years the standard of athletics in preparatory schools has been growing higher. More thought and care have been devoted to them, until now it has become an important question which college shall number in succeeding years the athletes of the schools. The association which holds its first meeting this morning has been recently organized and is designed to increase the interest in track athletics at the nine schools represented, and so develop material for the colleges. As the schools...
This afternoon Harvard will play her first championship game in Cambridge. This may be considered Princeton's last chance for first or second place in the series, and it is certain that she will make a strong fight for this last opportunity. Harvard will have hard work to win, but there should be no doubt of the result...
...current number of the Advocate, which appears today is a very interesting issue, but it falls a little short of the standard of literary excellence which we are accustomed to demand of the Advocate. The editorial department is characterized by more vigor than usual. The first and the last editorials are full of the spirit of hopefulness. This is about the only attitude which we can at present take towards our athletics, but it is a healthy and inspiriting attitude, and therefore to be commended. The criticism of the methods of coaching, while a trifle severe is timely; unquestionably there...