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...which any student in the university may become a member by paying a fee. The members, and members only, are to have free use of the boats. Enough boats. comprising eights, fours, pairs and singles are to be put in to accomodate seventy men. The object of the giver is to create an interest in rowing among men outside of the crews, so that the 'Varsity may have a larger field of practiced men to choose from...
...library of the Annex has received some two hundred volumes of French and German books, during the past week, from an unknown giver. Many of the books are by standard authors, and most of them are complete sets of value...
...many difficulties which had to be surmounted, a scheme has been evolved by which every man will have a chance to do what he can for others without neglecting his college work. It is hoped to furnish opportunities of usefulness which will be of permanent benefit both to the giver and to the receiver...
...been given to the Harvard Annex, for the establishment of a fund, the income of which is to be devoted to a prize scholarship for the "Harvard examination of women." The gift was made through the medium of the N. Y. Evening Post, but the giver has kept his name a secret. The examinations to the support of which the fund is given, are instituted under the direction of Harvard University, and the young ladies who pass them are given a certificate as a testimony of their ability. This certificate is accepted in place of entrance examinations in the chief...
...college that they represent, will be effective in barring from college sports the semi-professional athletes who have sometimes been allowed to enter the contests. The decision of the convention in respect to the cup, however, is of closer interest to Harvard men. It was the intention of the giver of the cup that it should go to the college which should win it the greatest number of times. As Harvard has held the cup for seven consecutive years, it is impossible for any other college to win the trophy an equal number of times. The dispute which arose last...