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...particularly delicate title. It is hard to understand why this feeling exists at Cambridge, but it undoubtedly does exist, and it can only be done away with by the good record and the personnel of the various University teams. The game itself is very interesting to watch and requires great skill and staying powers from those who take part in it. That it is as successful here as at present is rather remarkable, considering the support it receives. Yet last year the University team won the championship of its league by good, heady playing against some of the best teams...
...Freshman baseball team shut out the strong English High School team on Soldiers filed yesterday afternoon by the score of 5 to 0. Ernst pitched an exceptionally good game for the Freshmen, allowing but one hit and striking out ten men. The freshmen showed great improvement in team play and in batting, though twice they were unable to take advantage of hits by neglecting to touch bases...
...dates and topics of the special addresses will be as follows: May 4, "What is Prayer?"; May 5, "The Value of Prayer"; May 6, "Solitary Prayer"; May 7, "Social Prayer"; May 11, "Periodicity of Prayer"; May 12, "Two Types of Prayer"; May 13, "Prayer and Magnanimity"; May 14, "Great Prayers...
...growing unpopularity of the hammer-throw. As pointed out there, the danger of accidents makes it necessary to hold the event at some remote point, with the result that the spectators at a meet seldom see what is going on. Naturally their interest in the outcome is not particularly great, and the number of participants shows that the event fails to interest many of the University athletes. It is suggested that the solution of the question lies in erecting a net in the Stadium, so that the hammer-throwers can contest in view of the spectators without any risk...
...project of establishing a Harvard school of medicine in the Orient cannot fail to awaken the enthusiasm of anyone interested in the extension of the University's influence throughout the world. Harvard's prestige in foreign countries is already very great, as is shown by the list of students enrolled here, but there is still much room to spread and strengthen her reputation and fame. In Europe her lecturers have been received with the greatest respect as representing the highest type of American learning; in the Far East her influence has been felt through the representatives of the Harvard Mission...