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There have recently been added to the apparatus at the Gymnasium about twenty new pairs of chest weights which have been placed in the long room between the main gymnsium and the locker rooms. The addition of these weights has largely remedied the overcrowded condition of the Gymnasium which has been apt to occur when the weights in the large room were being used by the Mott Haven squads or other classes. The new weights are used chiefly by the squads training for the different crews...
...main objection to Class Day at present which were suggested by the Corporation were (1) that the day is too crowded with entertainments, and (2) that the class as a class do not entertain enough together. There are now so many spreads in the time allowed that the guests, obliged to rush from one to another, do not and can not enjoy them. The spreads now given on Class Day eve are cited as evidence that the men themselves now believe that Class Day is too crowded with entertainments for pleasure. Then again the senior's time is so taken...
...Princeton in Alexander Hall. The question for debate will be "Resolved, That assuming the adoption of adequate constitutional amendments, the United States should institute a system of responsible cabinet government." Princeton will support the affirmative and Harvard the negative. Each speaker will be allowed twelve minutes for his main speech and also a rebuttal speech of five minutes...
...Princeton men will speak both times in the following order: H. H. Yocum '98, R. F. Sterling '97, R. M. McElroy, P. G. For Harvard in the main speeches the order will be S. R. Wrightington '97, F. O. White '99 and C. Grilk '98; in the rebuttal speeches, White will speak first, with Wrightington second and Grilk to make the closing speech of the whole debate. Owing to some difficulties in getting the men proposed by Harvard, the list of judges has not yet been received from Princeton. It is also not known who will preside at the debate...
...prizes offered by the Faculty this year are in the main the same as last year, but there have been some changes. The George B. Sohier prize of two hundred and fifty dollars is for the first time offered for the best thesis presented by a candidate for honors in English or in modern literature. This is open to all undergraduates and resident graduates in the Graduate School, and also to students of Radcliffe College...