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...proved to be a success; in fact, taking into consideration the difficulties under which it was held, it was a great success. Four weeks ago the idea of having a Meeting was entirely given up, but the offers of different gentlemen to give handsome cups proved an inducement to men to train, and in consequence the starters in the different events were, as a whole, more nearly "fit" than they have ever been before. The time made in the Hundred-Yard Dash and Quarter-Mile Run was most excellent, - remarkable when we consider that it was made on a track...
PUNCTUALITY is not among the virtues of the Harvard student, if we may judge from the indications given at the taking of the various groups by Mr. Pach. Men would come sauntering into the studio half an hour late, and ask, with an innocent air, whether it was not almost time for the picture to be taken. Such men, that is, those of them who knew that their presence was necessary, seemed to forget that they were delaying, not merely their own group, but all the others that followed. It is not necessary for us to enlarge upon the advantages...
...article in the Brunonian complains of the poor treatment of the Brown Freshman Nine at Yale. It seems that although the Yale men undertook to pay the expenses of advertising for the Brown Nine, when it came to the point they positively refused to do so; that they made the men pay for their own dinner; invited them to a supper consisting of a keg of beer, and left them to find their own way to the railroad station at night. In addition to all this, the Nine were robbed by sneak-thieves; so that, altogether, it is not remarkable...
...meeting of the Cambridge University Bicycle Club held in the first part of this month near London, Eng., the three-mile race was run in 11 min. 31 sec. Of course this time, although only fair for the other side of the water, was made by men who were thoroughly trained and who rode over a cinder path. When our University Bicycle Club is organized, and a good track has been laid on Holmes or Jarvis, we have no doubt that 11.31 will be equalled and beaten. The race at Beacon Park last week shows that we have the material...
Before the eager, questioning eyes of men...