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...there being scarcely any delay, each event following in quick succession. The record for the running high jump which was held by G. R. Fearing '93, was broken by F. Sweeney of the Xavier A. C. who cleared 6 feet 2 1-2 inches, thus raising the record by one-fourth inch. Sweeney jumped in excellent form, never having to try twice for the same height...
...accession of President Eliot in 1869, the stamp of the old regime was plainly to be seen, and the progress since that time is almost revolutional. Greek and Latin then had one-fourth the time; now less than one-tenth, and mathematics have been reduced to a considerably smaller figure still. The modern languages are now twice as much studied as the ancient, while natural science recieves four times as much attention as mathematics...
Both of the other two crews rowed well. Crew 4 won by one-fourth a length. The final heat was then rowed between crews 1 and 4. Crew four had the course next the boat house. Crew one got a wretched start; their boat was pointed way out of the course. Crew 4 kept the lead and won by three fourths of a length...
...second annual report of the Harvard Law School association has just been made public by the council. According to this report the association now numbers 816 members. representing thirty-eight states and territories of the United States and Dominion of Canada. The membership roll comprises the names of about one-fourth of the whole number (3218) of former students of the Harvard Law School known to be living, and includes representatives from the class of 1830, 1831, 1833, 1835 and from every succeeding class from 1838 to the present time. Since the organization of the association in 1886, twenty-three...
Last Friday evening the Glee Club gave a concert at the Town Hall, Watertown, under the auspices of the Unitarian Club. About one-fourth of the men were absent, including several of the soloists. The solos were taken by other men, and an improvised quartette made up for the other deficiences, so on the whole the concert was successful...