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...gymnasium at Columbia which will be completed before the end of the year, will be the largest and best equipped in any American college. The total floor space, of 168 by 182 feet, will make it possible to require a certain amount of attendance from all undergraduates, and yet leave the time of exercise to the convenience of each man. The university will probably adopt the recommendation of Dr. Savage, the physical director, and require every stndent to exercise in the gymnasium at least two hours a week, unless an equivalent amount of work is done on some athletic team...
...Babcock, of Baltimore, will conduct the service in Appleton Chapel tomorrow evening. He is regarded on the whole as the most conspicuous young preacher of the Presbyterian Church in the East, and has been called to several of the largest pastorates. This will be his first visit to Harvard...
Sanders Theatre was filled last evening with one of the largest and most appreciative audiences it ever held, to hear Hon. W. Bourke Cockran speak on "Christianity the Light to Economic Truth." Unfortunately so many seats were filled by the general public that but few students were in the audience. E. L. Logan 1 L., president of the Catholic Club, under whose auspices the lecture was given, introduced President Eliot who introduced the speaker. Mr. Cockran said in substance...
...hundred and thirty candidates for the Cornell freshman crew handed in their names on Friday. This is by far the largest registration Cornell ever had. The average weight of the men is about 150 pounds...
...fall collection of the Student Volunteer Committee yielded twelve barrels of clothing, one of the largest collections ever made. The articles will be sent to the Boston Provident Association, the Industrial Temporary House, The Cambridge Associated Charities and other charitable societies...