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Joseph Hall Hill, 1900, Edgewood Park, Pa., lives in Pittsburg and prepared at the Shadyside Academy of that city. He entered Princeton in 1896. In his junior year he won his class debate in Whig Hall and in 1898 and again this year he captured second prize in the first competitive debates. He represented his class last year in the 1876 prize debate on Washington's Birthday and was one of the debaters from Whig Hall in the interhall debate and entered the junior oratorical contest last year
Within the past year many additions have been made to Soldiers Field, among which are the Marshall Newell gate, the lodge, and the fence which extends along North Harvard street. These changes and the broad speedway which the Metropolitan Park Commission has built along the river, have added much to the appearance of the field, which today has a far different aspect than it had two years...
...built at the expense of the athletic association. The fence which will run along the speedway for the distance of a mile is now in course of construction and will be of the same design as the fence on North Harvard street. It will be erected by the Metropolitan Park Commission in exchange for a strip of land of forty-six acres, upon which the speedway has been made. In addition to these improvements, the new University Boat House is now building...
...what was once the marsh. Instead of shooting towards the road, as is now done, the pigeon traps will be turned in the opposite direction and the shooting will be towards Soldiers Field. There are now from twenty to thirty acres on Soldiers Field for athletic purposes. Since the Park Commission has constructed a dike along the water front, which shuts off the tide from the Long fellow meadow, fifteen additional acres have become available. All the important branches of athletics will soon be transferred across the Charles River to the one big field which now is unequalled in this...
...From Park Square: Special cars will run every two minutes from Park Square to Soldiers Field via Boylston Street, Harvard Bridge and Western Avenue...