Word: fives
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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During the week the men have been drilled especially in dribbling and passing the ball, and as a result have developed considerable ability in accurate shooting. The strength of Fort Warrens is unknown except that five of the men who played on the team that prevented Harvard from scoring last year will be in the line-up today. Admission tickets, at 50 cents, may be obtained at Leavitt & Peirce's and at the field...
...that the track is in a firm condition both the high and low hurdles have been set up; as yet, however, the hurdlers have not been timed. The sprinters have been doing short stretches on the track, and the milers and two-milers have usually been sent around for five laps. Some very good records were obtained last Wednesday, when the sprinters were regularly timed, the quarter mile being run in 52 1-5s.; the half mile in 2m. 5s.; and the three-quarters mile...
...Twenty-five newspapers, besides the Boston papers, are regularly received. Most of these come to us as gifts from Harvard clubs or Harvard graduates in different cities of the United States. For the "London Times," we are indebted to M. H. P. Arnold, of Pasadena, California...
During the year the Membership Committee has met only five times. The first meeting was for the purpose of organizing the committee. The second was called to discuss ways and means of increasing the membership, and the next two were held jointly with the House Committee, while the last meeting was called to nominate officers and committeemen for the ensuing year. Thus, the work accomplished by the committee was practically nothing; and what little was done would better have been in the hands of the House Committee. In the first place, the powers of the Membership Committee are only nominal...
...five main buildings are constructed of white marble, instead of limestone and brick as originally intended, and are connected by an esplanade of the same material as well as by surface and underground passages. Marble is used in the floors of the vestibules, but the other floors are of hard pine. The walls are of plaster, which will be painted, and are finished throughout in stained oak. The hot-water system is being used and both gas and electric lighting have been installed. The Power House, constructed of brick, and the Animal House, of plaster, are also connected by tunnels...