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...games last fall were among the most interesting ever held and considerable new material was developed. The chief hope rests in new material, although there are several of last year's winners still in college. The new men are carefully trained and are given every possible opportunity to gain experience in racing...
President Angell's report to the board of regents, of Michigan University, notes an increase of thirty-six in the attendance of women during 1886-7, and a relative gain in numbers with respect to the male student. They now form nearly seventeen per cent. of the whole. He bears witness to their capacity to meet the severest tests of the common discipline, and says:- "The advantages derived from the University courses have proved as helpful to the women in their lives subsequent to their graduation as to the men." Of both sexes, he says: "The number of farmers' children...
...Many have been the complaints from the graduates of all the colleges that the teams did not kick enough. "Just think what you gain by a kick!" is a very common phrase, and the spectators are sure to raise a shout as the ball rises over the heads of the players, and goes-to the other side. Harvard kicked very little this year. She might have kicked more; she could scarcely have kicked less. Princeton has always been famous for good kickers, and she had a good one this year in her full-back. Yale kicked more than either. There...
...number of last year. The number of undergraduates holding rooms this year is 499 while last year it was 531. These figures do not include rooms held by specials. Twenty specials occupied college rooms last year to 42 this year. In the graduate departments there has been a gain, 115 men in college rooms this year to 87 last year. By the following statistics one can see where the gains and loses have occurred. In 1886-7 the numbers were as follows: Seniors, 175; juniors, 148; sophomores, 116; freshmen, 92; special students, 20; Divinity School, 15; law school, 47; scientific...
...becoming more and more a veritable centre of learning, is easily seen when the number of students connected with the institution during the college years of 1886-87 and 1887-88 are compared, showing an attendance during the former year of 1688 to 1812 for the present year, a gain of 124. The attendance in the academic department of the University shows an increase from 1077 to 1138 registered students. The present freshman class numbers 295, the largest which has yet entered-and the number of special students has jumped from 96 last year to the gratifying figure...