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This is the first time that a Harvard meeting has been thrown open to members of other colleges and the event marks a great advance in Harvard indoor athletics. The meetings in former years have had a purely local interest and have failed to arouse any great enthusiasm. The plan inaugurated by today's meeting, if successful now, will undoubtedly be continued and will give the Harvard winter meetings an important place in intercollegiate athletics...
...Gibbons '89, opening the debate for the affirmative, said that, whereas in former years immigration had been a source of great benefit to this country at present owing to the change in the character of the immigrants the contrary was the result; formerly the immigrants were respectable people, at present they are the scum of Europe. The evils caused by indiscriminately unrestricted immigration are numerous, The large majority of the present immigrants are degraded, lazy, and ignorant and are rapidly filling up our poor houses and gaols. Thus they become a burden to the tax-payers. Again on economic grounds...
...regretted that already a so early a period a few words of severe criticism on the recently formed Harvard Camera Club are deemed necessary. The method adopted in forming this club went against all precedent: in former cases when a club of such a character was to be formed, a public meeting was called so that all interested could join...
...head of the matter, and under his management the crew promises to be a great success. The crew went on the water for the first time yesterday, with the following men in the boat, all of whom rowed on the 'varsity in former years: 1, Meyer: 2. Brooks, '87; 3, Russell, '85: 4, Borland, '86; 5, Burgess, '87; 6, Bacon, '80; 7, Peabody, '79; stroke, Curtis...
There are but two short pieces of verse, "Distance" and "Milton," of which the former is the more pleasing...