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...Athletic Committee meeting today, the questions which have been raised during the past month will come up for discussion. We have tried to point out in this column the disadvantages of intercollegiate basketball and the two-period rule, and an exception to the eligibility rules has been suggested which will allow men who are spending their fourth year in Cambridge in one of the graduate schools to take part in University athletics. Basketball is so poorly supported that it does not seem fair to have a team representing Harvard, which plays against colleges where the game is flourishing...
...Worcester '82, president of the Association of Harvard Engineers for the past year, presided and introduced as the first speaker Professor F. L. Kennedy '92, secretary and treasurer of the association. Professor Kennedy spoke briefly on the splendid prospects of the new graduate society, which, beginning with a membership of 63, now has nearly 300 members. M. T. Rogers '08, president of the Engineering Society, spoke of the growing importance of the annual meeting. Hon. J. J. Myers '69, trustee of the McKay fund, eulogized the donor of the fund for his breadth of character and his wonderful scientific knowledge...
...Freshman crew improved slightly during the week. Although the individual men in the boat all show promise, the crew as a whole is still very lifeless. The second 1912 crew has advanced more rapidly during the past week, and several men in the boat show good promise of developing later. There were important changes in the make-up of these two boats. Faxon, of the second crew, replaced Voorhees as coxswain of the first crew on Saturday. Balch and Hoar replaced Parker and Frothingham at Nos. 2 and 3 respectively...
...placed two weeks ago and the eight-oared shell will be finished in about ten days. In design it will not differ essentially from last year's boat. The four-oared shell will not be finished for three weeks. Davy has built most of the University shells for the past few years...
...annual report of the Fogg Art Museum, issued by the director, Professor Charles H. Moore, enumerates the many important accessions of the past year. A picture attributed to Bartholomaus Zeitblom, a German painter of the late fifteenth century, has been purchased with--the income of the Prichard fund. The subject of this picture is the Visitation and it is on panel, in excellent condition, and a fine example of the German art of its time. From Mr. Roger A. Derby, the museum has received an Italian painting of the Madonna with St. Catherine, attributed to Luini. Messrs. E. W. Forbes...