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...regard to the administration of scholarships and other aids for undergraduate and graduate students, the President and Fellows outline their position as follows: (1) "They should be really aids, and should not offer complete support; (2) they should not be used to detain in the shelter of the University young men who are over twenty-five years of age, and who should be ready for productive and responsible work out in the active world." To the latter rule one or two exceptions may be made...
...Atkins has made a generous offer of certain very rich land on his estate for the prosecution of experiments in the cultivation of tropical plants, and it is probable that the directors of the Botanic Garden will avail themselves of it. There is now so much interest felt in the production of tropical foods, fruits and fibres, that a branch garden, under the direction of the Harvard Botanic Garden, might prove attractive and very useful. The whole subject is now receiving careful consideration and the most favored plan contemplates the establishment, in southern Cuba, of an experiment station which could...
...Joseph Leiter '91 has offered to continue his donation for the scrub baseball cups, known as the Leiter Cups. In repeating this offer, a wish is expressed that the old teams be re-organized as far as possible and that the cups be competed for on practically the same conditions as in previous years. The games will be under the management of R. S. Hale '91, who represents the donor; Captain W. T. Reid, Jr., '01, and H. H. Murdock...
...Stillman, of New York, who gave $50,000 last year for an infirmary at Harvard, and later supplemented his gift by an offer of $2,500 a year for four years for the maintenance of the building, has given an additional $50,000. This gift is to be used by the construction committee in any way they see fit. The high price of building materials has delayed the construction of the infirmary, but the increased funds will now make it possible to break ground for the building early in the spring...
...last meeting of the Faculty, it was voted to a low a new English requirement to schools which wish to offer it. The regular entrance requirements will be allowed to remain, but in addition, an examination will be held on work equivalent to that done in English A, which may cover the whole school course. By passing this examination a student will be exempted from the prescription of English A, and will have an almost, if not entirely, free choice in the selection of his College course...