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...article by General Lister on Military Drill in the last Magenta was the cause of the formation of a military organization composed of students. General Lister called a preliminary meeting two weeks ago, and since then recruits have been drilled in the Gymnasium every evening. On Tuesday last the organization was divided into two companies, and Mr. Prince, '75, was elected to the command of one company, Mr. Eldridge, '76, of the other. At present one hundred and ninety have enrolled their names, and on Monday next Battalion officers will be chosen...
...LISTER...
GENERAL F. W. LISTER has made a very generous offer of two silver cups, to be contested for in the spring races. One of the contests for the cups must be the high jump; the other is not restricted...
...told us to procure tickets at the bookstore for a series of lectures three times a week for the rest of the year on the "Manly Art of Self-Defence," by Professor W. Hamilton, of England. It was a rare chance to procure scientific knowledge of the subject; and Lister at $20 a dozen lessons was nowhere. The lecture-room had a raised platform at one end, on which the Professor stood, and the walls were adorned with prints of ancient and modern athletes. There were Herr Milo, of Croton, the renowned deadweight lifter; M. Dares and P. Entellus...