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...nine teams then left will compose the Leiter Cup league; the championship will be played off in a round robin series beginning Wednesday. On account of the large number of games it will be necessary to play on Saturdays with the exception of May 15, the day of the Princeton baseball game. No games may be postponed for any reason except bad weather, and any team not on the field at the scheduled time will forfeit the game...
...front returned to complete their course. Others there were who did not return, but died on the battlefield,--soldiers of the North and soldiers of the South. Memorial Hall was built as a tribute to the gallantry of those who fell fighting for the Union. Probably a greater number left Harvard to join Confederate ranks than fought in the war with Spain. Would it not be a fitting token of the cessation of strife and the knitting of severed bonds to establish a memorial to those sons of Harvard, no less her sons for having joined battle against the majority...
...University receives numerous gifts, from which a sum might be devoted to a small number of scholarships for Southern students. An appropriation for such a purpose would not only provide a lasting memorial to soldiers who died for the right as they saw it, but would tend to increase the Southern representation which the University so sadly lacks...
...hundred and two men have been entered for the meet. The number is much smaller than that of last year; this is largely accounted for, however, by the absence of the Freshman team, who compete against Andover this afternoon. In no event was it necessary to limit the entries, as was done last year, so the captains have decided to allow practically all who have entered to compete. First place in each event will count five points, second three, and third place one; the first three undergraduates to finish in each event will receive class numerals, and the first...
...hammer-throw. As pointed out there, the danger of accidents makes it necessary to hold the event at some remote point, with the result that the spectators at a meet seldom see what is going on. Naturally their interest in the outcome is not particularly great, and the number of participants shows that the event fails to interest many of the University athletes. It is suggested that the solution of the question lies in erecting a net in the Stadium, so that the hammer-throwers can contest in view of the spectators without any risk of danger to the latter...