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PROFESSOR A. S. HILL met the men who wish to speak for the Boylston Prizes in U. 4 on Wednesday afternoon. Some thirty-five men were present. The number of speakers in the final contest, which takes place May 8, will be twenty. Students are advised to make their selection of pieces at least a fortnight before the final trial. The preliminary contest will take place some time during the week preceding the final contest, which will probably be in the evening...
...article called "Scholarships not Charities" in this number, the other side of the scholarship question is presented. In spite of what the writer says, we feel sure that the College papers have not misrepresented undergraduate opinion on this subject. As to President Eliot's reply to "T. W. H." being conclusive, we were not aware that there could be two opinions, but it seems that there can. Every one whom we have met, on the other hand, thought that the two letters in the Nation of March 13 were conclusive against the President. The writer of this article boldly claims...
...previous number of the Crimson extracts were published from a plan proposed to the Faculty by the Committee on Honors and Honorable Mention, and the subject has since been referred to in our columns. Instead of the present rule, which divides the persons recommended for the bachelor's degree into two classes, dependent entirely upon the average mark attained for the whole course, or for the Junior and Senior years combined, it is proposed to widen the field. By the new plan the members of the graduating class who, availing themselves of the elective system, have devoted their time...
...must be confessed that last Saturday's meeting of the Athletic Association, although good in comparison with the first, fell far short of last year's standard. The number of entries, to be sure, was encouraging; but, when we take into consideration the number of men in the University who are competent to enter, we have to admit that those who declare that too much time is given to muscular development at Harvard cannot have attended this year's meetings. It is also to be regretted that some of those who did enter seemed to have given little time...
...members of the Class of '78 of Harvard College, sincerely mourn the sudden death of our classmate Melvin Hasbrouck, as taking from our number one who was not merely a pleasant and genial companion, but a noble-hearted friend, whose generous and thoroughly unselfish nature may well serve us as an inspiration and an example...