Word: interesting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...prospects of the Fencing Club for this year are quite bright, as, with the exception of A. G. Thatcher '97, all the members of last year's intercollegiate team are in college, and there is also much promising new material for the team. The interest in fencing this year is greater than ever before, not only in Cambridge, but also in Boston and the surrounding towns; and at the recent meeting held by the Boston Athletic Association there were a large number of entries...
Cornell has recently applied to enter the Intercollegiate League, composed of Harvard, Columbia, and Annapolis. This would give additional interest to the championship, as there have been only three teams since Yale dropped...
...Lampoon which comes out this evening is of such general interest that it is rather an exceptional number. As is only natural Lampy is apt to get into a rut and find it difficult to cater to the demands of the college public. Taken as a whole, however, the present issue is eminently successful. There is one drawback. Take-offs on college professors form part of the Lampoon's ordinary stock in trade, are usually harmless, and often true to life. The take-off in the present number is not wholly of this description and might well be suppressed...
...number of students attending the Bussey Institution this year is less than it has been for several years, owing to the falling off in interest in landscape gardening. A few men, however, come in even as late as Christmas. A new course is given this year by Mr. Morse on Natural History from an agricultural point of view, and more special attention is being given to Mr. Watson's course in landscape gardening. It shows the value of trees and shrubs for ornamental purposes, and instructs in practical greenhouse work...
...accompanying exposition of a plan for the reform of the machinery for the election of Class Day officers was prepared about two weeks ago by a graduate who had no personal interest in the results of '98's election, and orally submitted to President Perkins and the '98 election committee. It has since been formally presented to the committee, and will be brought up by them in special class meeting. It therefore seems desirable to the prime movers in the reform and to the committee to give a public and explicit account of its promoters, its essential features, and such...