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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...mirrors will be sent first for experimental purposes previous to setting up the whole instrument. An open space in the eastern part of the Observatory grounds near Bond street has been chosen as the site for the telescope. On account of its great height, about 27 feet in focal length, no dome will be erected...
...also marks the beginning of the Williams football season. Last year Harvard defeated Williams by the score of 17 to 0, and five of last year's Williams team will line up against the University team this afternoon. The halves, in all probability, will not exceed fifteen minutes in length. The probable line-up of the two teams follows...
...oared race, between the Weld crew and the B. A. A. interscholastic eight. For the greater part of the race neither boat was able to maintain a noticeable lead, but near the finish Deming, the Weld stroke, collapsed, and the school crew won by a little over half a length. The time was 9 minutes, 7 seconds...
...usual custom, the crews laid their course directly by the Yale quarters, just as the Yale crews were going out, no attempt being made at concealment. On the way back, the second crew was overtaken, and a lively brush ensued in which the first crew won by a length. Throughout the work, the University crew showed great improvement...
...eight-oared crews will row for a mile and a half straightaway down stream from the Cottage Farm Bridge to the Union Boat Club. The other races will be over a course of the same length with a turn...