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...largest part of the increase in prices during the past year has come from the great increase in prices of raw materials and in wages. But comparison shows that in every case the combination has been able to take advantage of the situation much better than separate corporations could have done...
...yard run in 2m. 29 3-5s., breaking the interscholastic record by three-fifths of a second. In the 40-yard dash the record of 4 3-5 seconds was twice equalled by F.B. Scheuber of Hopkinson School, in the finals and semi-finals. Scheuber also made the largest individual score of the evening, scoring all of the thirteen points credited to Hopkinson...
...first of May every year each institution will publish the record of its fifty strongest men examined that year. The individual having the highest total shall be deemed the champion strong man of all the colleges, and the institution having the fifty strongest men, as decided by the largest total score, shall hold the total strength trophy for the next year...
...White, a well-known Shaksperean critic, describes "King Lear" as of all Shakspere's plays the largest in conception, the noblest in design, and the highest in art. Although almost universally associated with the three other great tragedies of Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth, it differs from all three in its essential purpose. Hamlet is a play of inaction and indecision; Othello is the story of the down fall of a great soul through jealousy, Macbeth that of a man overcome by ambition. The distinction of "King Lear" lies in the fact that it displays the tragic power of retribution over...
...hundred and fifty one men, the largest number in the history of Freshman rowing at Harvard, responded last evening to the call for candidates for the Freshman crew. F. L. Higginson, Jr., '00, captain of the University crew, outlined the work for the year. The candidates will be divided into four squads and they will begin training tomorrow on the weights and rowing machines in the Gymnasium. As soon as the weather permits, work will commence on the river and there will be no let up until the race on June 28. Regular coaches will be appointed after the work...