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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...salmon afford rare sport. He told of a kadiak bear weighing 1400 pounds, of moose whose antlers spread 63 inches and of salmon so plentiful that one had only to kick them out of the shallow water. In addition to hunting, Mr. Colby investigated with indifferent success a number of gold and coal claims...
...Advocate begins its current issue with a call for more candidates; but it would seem that the candidates do enough already. So far as the signatures attached to the articles give any sign, candidates have written all the prose of the number with the exception of a modest page of editorial paragraphs, the joint product, we presume, of ten literary editors. The editorials are sensible and good-natured, but a small enough mouse for such a mountain of approved talent...
...track team is not the only sufferer from these inadequate arrangements. The basketball team has a smaller number of candidates than in other universities and a poorer floor to play on, the gymnastic team is handicapped to a great extent, and the swimming team has no University tank to practice in. Aside from these regular athletic organizations, the great number of men who depend on the Gymnasium for their exercise in winter months are forced to put up with disadvantages which keep many men out of the building altogether. When the afternoon classes are in session the floor is often...
Herr von Heymel gave up an active career as a lieutenant in the German army to devote himself to literary pursuits. He is already recognized as a leading critic and essayist on art and literature, and has written a number of poems, the most notable of which is a dramatic poem, "The Death of Narcissus...
...novice chess tournament postponed from last Monday will begin today in Grays 20. On account of the large number of entries the men will be divided into sections, two men from each section being eligible to continue in the second round. All who have entered will be notified concerning the time of their games and the result of the drawings. Cups will be awarded the winner and runner-up by the chess team management...