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...historians have placed on November 29, 1607, although the date is not certain, the preacher at the morning prayers in Appleton Chapel on Monday morning, the Rev. Francis J. McConnell, D.D., LL.D., president of De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, will select his subject with special reference to the occasion. Last year this service was omitted, but the three hundredth anniversary in 1907 was made the occasion of a great undergraduate celebration. It is expected that henceforth the birthday will be marked by a brief address similar to the one to be given in Appleton Chapel on Monday...
...Cage yesterday afternoon, J. P. Long '11 won both events and the second place in each event was secured by A. Sweetser '11. The distance covered in each case was 35 yards. In the first event there were three high hurdles with the finish on the top of the last hurdle, while in the low hurdle event two hurdles were used with a 10-yard finish after the second hurdle...
...Student Council at its last meeting passed the following recommendation to the Athletic Committee: "The Student Council, believing that it is the general opinion of the undergraduates that the two-season rule, now in force, is of no benefit either to athletics or to scholarship, hereby recommend to the Athletic Committee that this rule be abolished." The rule in question prohibits an undergraduate member of the University from representing the University on athletic teams in more than two seasons during the academic year...
...consequence of which the opinion has already been expressed, even in a Harvard publication, that the team is not properly qualified to represent Harvard, and should therefore no longer be allowed to enter intercollegiate competitions. This is the unsportsmanlike spirit with which basketball, after a slow decline, was last year buried by action of the Athletic Committee. It is the spirit which, if persisted in, will kill any sport, no matter how flourishing it may once have been...
...account of the success of the plan last year, it has been decided to continue this winter the course of Union lectures on the professions. The first in this series will be given by President Garfield of Williams College on "Education" on Thursday, December 9. Among other speakers to be announced later are Dr. R.C. Cabot '89 and Dr. Endicott Peabody...