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...Faculty has issued another statement with regard to its recent stand on the athletic question. It appears that the idea of largely curtailing the number of intercollegiate contests did not originate at Harvard, but at a meeting of the Association of Colleges in New England, held at Cambridge early in December. The vote was communicated to the colleges represented in the Association and Harvard has conveyed to the Association its official approval of the plan...
Official information has been received that the recent action of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences recommending a reduction in the number of Intercollegiate athletic contests, was taken in response to the following communication from the Association of Colleges in New England...
...various colleges represented in the association the following expression of opinion: That an exaggerated amount of attention is now being given to intercollegiate athletic contests in most of the New England colleges, and that to diminish this exaggeration the most effective measure would be a large reduction in the number of intercollegiate contests...
...offered by the Athletic Association for the winner of the greatest number of points in the two handicap competitions in throwing the 45-pound weight was won by P. D. Turner '09, with a score of 8 points. The results of yesterday's competition were as follows: first, J. C. Jones '09, 2 feet handicap, distance, 33 feet, 7 1-2 inches; second, P. D. Turner '09, 2 feet handicap, distance, 32 feet, 9 inches; third, C. C. Little '10, 4 feet handicap, distance, 32 feet, 3 inches...
...addition to his regular work, he conducted a course of five lectures in German on "The Life and Works of Michelangelo." These lectures were given in the New Lecture Hall, and were attended by a large number of students and officers of the University. He also lectured at Wellesley and at Princeton, and gave a talk on "Modern German Art" before the Bostoner Deutsche Gesellschaft, of which he is an honorary member...