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...WHIPPLE.FINANCE CLUB. The club meets this evening, at half past eight, in U. 13. Mr. A. B. Houghton, '86, will discuss Mulhall's "History of Prices...
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.A few minutes past two o'clock the contestants in the running high jump appeared. The bar was placed at four feet six inches. It was quickly raised from this height, however, until Henry failed at 5 feet, Batchelder having previously withdrawn. Buckingham fell out at five feet one inch. Clark, Bradley and Rogers now did some good and graceful jumping. Rogers jumped five feet three and a half inches, but failed to clear half an inch more. Bradley jumped five feet four and seven-tenths inches. Clark then attempted to make up the five inches handicap. Last...
...audiences that have assembled in Holden the past week to hear Mr. Studd have been exceedingly large. We believe that the average attendance at the meetings has been very nearly, if not quite a hundred. This interest in the religious subjects, which Mr. Studd has presented and discussed, may surprise many of those away from the college, who cry against Harvard for her indifference to matters of religion. The fact is that Harvard men are not so indifferent after all, as the outside world would have them. The events of the past week, in connection with Mr. Studd's meetings...
...third winter meeting, which takes place to-day, promises to be interesting, although it may not reach the excellence of some meetings of past years. The events will all be well contested, and some good work may be expected. The tug-of-war naturally will excite the widest interest, and from the work which both teams have done, a closely sharp contest will be the probable result. But we again return to the old cry of delay, both at the beginning and in calling events. The custom pursued in the Technology meetings of calling each event at a stipulated time...
...that Harvard, despite her great athletic spirit, is sadly lacking in an individual interest in boating. The students while taking an interest in the 'varsity and class crews, do not feel a personal enthusiasm for rowing as an exercise and as a sport. It has been recommended in the past that a single scull contest should be instituted to rouse the students to a more active interest in rowing. This contest, if instituted, could also present an admirable means for training a large number of rowers who could act as an auxiliary force to the regular crews. Such a plan...