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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meet a certainty. The fact that the men who will compete in the Olympic games from America will go at the expense of the Olympic committee, will materially lessen the expense of sending a dual team abroad, as representatives of Harvard and Yale will undoubtedly be chosen to form part of the American team. A portion of the funds, moreover, which were collected for the last international contest are still unused, and this fact will be a potent influence in completing the arrangements...
...from Mr. Wister's remarks, and then goes on to discuss the college career. The conclusion is dark College is a place to "broaden one's mind" but not through ineffectual pecking at all sorts of unrelated things, and not in "contact with men," which too often means becoming part of a clique. It is a place where we should learn to work as well as to play, where we should learn to enjoy work; and that will come through arousing real interest in some particular subject whether it be related or not to our later career. Thus, even here...
...event of a similar nature during the year. It has proved a success in past years, and each class should feel a certain pride in giving a better dance than its predecessors. In order to attain this end, the men who are already overburdened with dances must do their part as well as the less socially inclined, for anything which is so essentially a class affair must be generally supported by the class...
...University museum, in Liverpool. Professor Agassiz is on his way to Africa, where he intends to thoroughly explore most of the territory not entered by Stanley in his search for Livingstone. This portion of Africa, lying just south of the Sahara, and occupying, as it does, the central part of the continent offers the greatest difficulties to explorers...
...serious a condition as these figures would indicate, and we hope that the next few days will bring the squad up to its normal size. In track more than in any other sport the apparently hopeless candidates have been given individual attention. This has been due partly to the fact that men are able to report at various times during the day, but more to the unflagging interest of coaches and trainer in men who, in most cases, take part in track athletics for exercise alone. The results of this individual attention are shown now and then by the development...