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...clothing collection which has been taken by the Social Service Committee is the largest ever made in the fall. Over half a ton of clothing of all sorts, besides a ton and a quarter of books and magazines, have been received. Cases of clothing will be sent to the following charities and institutions: Cambridge Associated Charities; City Prison, New York; Morgan Memorial, Boston; Seaman's Friend Society, Boston; Spring Street Neighborhood House, New York City; St. James Parish House, North Cambridge; St. Vincent de Paul, South Boston; Tuskegee Institute, Alabama; Utica Normal and Industrial Institute, Mississippi; and in smaller cases...
...basketball squad was increased to 93 men last night, making the largest squad which has ever come out for this sport in the University. The work in practice was spirited and showed a great improvement over that of the night before. There was very little preliminary work, nearly all the time being spent in scrimmages. The Junior team, which appears to be the furthest developed at the present time, tried a system of signals for plays from the toss up and worked them with fair success...
...down to the river, cleared of all buildings not associated with Harvard, and laid out in the form of a parkway with the new Weld Boat Club on the river bank, would make a most attractive Yard, and in conjunction with the old Yard would form one of the largest college properties in the country...
...usual the sprint squad is the largest. The men have been practicing starts and most of them have had 100-yard time trials. The other track squads are not so far advanced. The weekly contests in the field events have proved very successful, not only through the interest aroused by the element of competition, but also on account of the opportunity afforded the coaches of watching the men in actual contest. At the end of the season prizes will be given to the men winning the most points in each of the events. First place counts 5 points, second...
...sixty-inch reflector which is now being mounted at the Observatory, will when completed, be one of the three largest and most powerful in existence. It will be used for extremely delicate work on faint stars and nebulae, and will be under the complete electrical control of one operator. The reflector, which is of tremendous weight, will rest on a fluid to make manipulation easier...