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...great interest as giving in a compact form information concerning the work of the Corporation and the Board of Overseers. A number of bequests are announced, notably that by Mrs. Ellen Gurney of $75,000 and that by Dr. Asa Gray of the copyrights of his books. Mention is made of the long and useful service of Professor Lovering, whose resignation is to take effect September 1, 1888. Besides the reports the Bulletin contains additions to the Harvard necrology as published in the Quinquennial Catalogue, a descriptive catalogue of the new books received by the various libraries connected with...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- It is noteworthy that the committee of the overseers, in their recent report, absolutely neglected, in enumerating the various athletic sports at college, to mention the most popular one, that which is free from the numerous moral and physical abuses to which, it is said, the others are subject. I mean tennis. It is the most popular, if we may judge by the number who take exercise in the various games It is not brutal, or dangerous; nor does the excitement of the contest tend to cause participants or spectators "to resort to methods which their cooler...
...committee omits to mention that this game was played on Thanksgiving day, so that both the number was exceptionally large and also no students were kept from their college work. If this number is cited, and no other figures are given, with an intention of giving any idea of what usually occurs, even approximately, at other contests out of town, it is wholly misleading. There is usually one decisive ball match, which occurs between Class day and Commencement, at a time when there are no collegiate exercises, which attracts about 50 students from Cambridge, and the university boat race, which...
...Bates' wild throw and a sacrifice. Again, in the fifth, Davidson reached first on called balls, stole second, went to third on a wild throw and scored on Belcher's long fly to centre. Storrs did some good batting for Amherst, while Campbell and Quackenboss for Harvard deserve especial mention in that line. Bates pitched a good game and was ably supported by Henshaw. Gallivan distinguished himself at second...
Some time ago the CRIMSON made mention of the applications daily received by the Secretary of the University for men who are desirous of summer employment. Since then an unusually large number of opportunities have offered themselves. It is one of the excellent features of our college management that the officers are so willing to look after the welfare of indigent students. Very many men more or less in need of money are annually helped by the Secretary to both pleasant and profitable employment. Such has been the success of this system in the past, that this year more applications...