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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...real importance of the contest. If freshman debating is not to be given up the debaters must prove that they are competent to speak in a way that will reflect credit upon the University, and the class must show that it is interested enough to support their representatives. The main support must of course come from this class, and it will speak but poorly for the class spirit of the Freshmen if there are many empty seats tonight in the Fogg Art Museum at the time of the debate...
...Harvard team broke its long series of defeats by winning from Amherst yesterday in a game that was without any remarkable features. Harvard played in the main an excellent game, though the batting was not very strong. Amherst did fairly well in the field, but had a tendency to make their errors at critical points. The two pitchers were quite evenly matched, though Paine proved on the whole the more effective and gave few bases on balls...
...Length over all, 40 feet; l. w. l., 29.10; beam, 11 ft.; draught, 5 ft.; lead keel of 51/2 tons; two suits of working sails and complete suit of light sails. The yacht is copper-fastened and centerboard sheathed with copper. Running rigging complete. Also an extra set of main halliards of steel wire with blocks for same. For further particulars address...
...theatre will be commenced this spring or summer, and that next year the club may give its annual theatricals on its own stage. The original plans, made at the time the club house was purchased, will doubtless be followed, and the theatre placed in the rear of the main building. The advisory committee of graduates consists of Edmund A. Whitman '81, Joseph H. Beale, Jr., '82, Palmer E. Presbrey '85, Horace T. Fogg '90, and Thorndike Spalding...
...very interesting course of lectures was begun at the Bussey Institution last Thursday by Professor Theobald Smith. The subject is Rural Hygiene, and the lectures are given on Thursdays, at 4 p. m., through April and May. These lectures are open to members of the University without fee. The main topics discussed will be, Drinking Water and Sewerage in the Country, Heating and Ventilation in Country Houses, The Dairy in its Relation to Public Health,. The Relation of Animal Diseases to those of Man, and The Prevention of Infectious Diseases. The admission fee for persons not members of the University...