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...Harvard Union. Five designs were submitted. Mr. Weston-Smith's design, which is here reproduced, represents, on a sable ground, a castle of a single tower, or; on the castle, above the gate, the Harvard shield in its proper colors. The tower, being the distinguishing feature in the Higginson coat-of-arms, is most appropriate for the seal of the Union. It was the common practice for a college or other endowed institution to adopt the arms of its benefactor. Thus the lion rampant in the seal of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, was borrowed from the coat-of arms of Mildmay...
...Higginson, Jr., '00, has been appointed head coach of the University crew. Higginson was captain of the 1899 and 1900 crews. He rowed on the University crew in 1898 and was captain of his Freshman crew...
...other speakers were Major H. L. Higginson '55 who read a telegram from Senator H. C. Lodge '71, Dean L. B. R. Briggs '85, Professor I. N. Hollis, J. T. Wheelwright '76, D. C. Campbell '02, W. T. Reid '01, and W. H. Lewis '95L. F. J. Stimson '76 also read a poem. The cheering and singing was led by O. G. Frantz '02 and M. Donald...
...coaches at the American Hotel tomorrow evening James J. Storrow, president of the Graduates Athletic Association, will preside. Joseph H. Sears, captain of the '89 eleven, will act as toastmaster, and Frederic J. Stimson will read a poem written for the occasion. The following men will speak: Major Higginson, Dean Briggs, Professor Hollis, Coach Reid, Captain Campbell, and possibly one or two other graduates. The men who played in the Yale game will be presented with gold footballs by the Graduates Athletic Association. Sixty tickets, at $3.00 each, left after the sale to graduates, have been put on sale...
...crew was a good one. There were good men in it, intelligent, and of the right spirit, and they learned to row well. They beat the Yale crew five lengths. The 1900 crew was a good crew too, better than the '99 crew. On Sunday Higginson, Captain and stroke broke his ankle. Harding went from two to stroke and after only three days' practice the crew rowed a beautiful race and were three-fourths of a length in the lead and still going away at the 3 1-4 miles, when Harding collapsed, knocked out by sunstroke. The race...