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Soldiers Field was given to the University in 1890 by Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 in commemoration of the soldiers of the University who lost their lives in the Civil War. Major Higginson suggested that it be used as a playground to take the place of Holmes Field which had become inadequate on account of the increased number of students using...
...successful against our Yale opponents, we are no longer looked upon as leaders in the art of argumentation, in which our pre-eminence had always been attributed to our acknowledged leadership in academic affairs. Certainly Harvard undergraduates are no less scholarly today than in the past; but they have lost sight of the splendid training that participation in an intercollegiate debate affords. Debating at Harvard is in a dangerous rut; its supporters are no longer representative of every side of Harvard activity; they are rather drawn from a limited class, whose interests have been with debating from the start...
...cable chess match between teams representing America and England, the American team won two games, tied, one, and lost one. Two were not finished. As the score now stands, the American team has 2 1-2 points to England's 1 1-2. The two unfinished games are to be adjudicated by Mr. Shipley, but the impression of experts is that America will win them. If this proves true, it gives the Rice Chess trophy to the Americans as this was the deciding match...
...Kohn of the C. C. N. Y. team. His time of 1 minute in the 100-yard swim against Columbia is exceptionally fast and established a new record for the Morningside tank, as did also his performance in the 50 and 220-yard swims. The water polo team lost both games; it was overwhelmed by Columbia by the score of 7 to 0, and defeated by the C. C. N. Y. team, 2 to 1, in a close game requiring an extra period to decide it. The relay team won both its races handily...
Columbia has beaten the College of the City of New York, but has been severely defeated by Princeton and Pennsylvania, while Harvard has beaten Brown but has lost to Yale. The water polo team has been greatly handicapped by the loss of three regular men from sickness...