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...mass meeting of Columbia students held last Saturday a complete change of method in the management of the athletic interests of the university was made. For the old system of a separate organization for each branch of athletics, a general athletic association was substituted. According to the articles of the new system the control of all athletics is vested in a committee made up of five graduates and the captains and managers of the various teams. The graduates are known as the "advisory committee," and are elected by the alumni council. The undergraduate representatives, captains and managers...
...sales of the Co-operative Society for the month ending November 30 show an increase of $4500 over the receipts for the corresponding month last year. A comparison of the different articles sold shows an increase of $1273.76 on furniture, $952.59 on men's furnishings, $993.46 on books, $565.02 on stationery, $310.70 on tailoring, $566.11 on coal and wood, and $39 on fees. In preparation for the Christmas trade the society has laid in a stock of books, photographs, furniture, etc., to the amount...
...observations of the eclipse, which were made last Saturday night at the Harvard Observatory, were satisfactory. The weather was very favorable. A number of occultation of stars were made by means of which the moon was located in the heavens. According to the programme of observations the moon's surface was examined before and after the eclipse, but no material change could be seen. The Linne, a white spot on the moon, was however found to have increased as a result of the eclipse. The measurement of the various spots were made by means of a micrometer, which was attached...
...Transvaal: therefore Harvard's argument that suzerainty goes with self-government, falls through. The deputation that went to London in 1884 from the Transvaal went with the avowed purpose of getting rid of suzerainty; and the English have sanctioned this idea in the minds of the Boers for the last thirteen years. The policy of the Transvaal, bad as it is made out by the affirmative to be, has not endangered the interests of the English in South Africa. Mr. Bryce states that the Dutch of the Cape Colony were not disloyal to the English. He also states that...
Twenty universities and colleges will be represented in the intercollegiate strength test championships which will be held during next spring. Last year, Harvard made the highest average of fifty tests and also won the individual test, C. G. Herbert '00 making 1594.5, which stands at present as the intercollegiate record. Of the twenty-one Harvard men who were among the first fifty of the seven colleges represented, seventeen have returned to College and will be eligible to compete next spring. Among the other colleges, Columbia was second last year, and Amherst third. The second best individual score was 1352.5, made...