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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...present time interest in the census to be taken next month has led to not a little discussion as to the probable population of the country. Prediction founded on any scientific basis is almost impossible, but if the returns of past censuses may be accepted, an approximate estimate may be made. There is good reason why the results of the eleventh census should be accepted, not withstanding the fact that they have frequently been unfavorably criticised. From calculations based upon them it may be concluded that the probable population by the next census will be seventy-five and a half...
...annual reception to members of the Faculty and officers of instruction and their families will be held in University Hall on Saturday evening, May 19, at half past eight o'clock. The patronesses will be Mrs. Charles W. Eliot, Mrs. Nathaniel S. Shaler, Mrs. Louis Agazziz, Mrs. Edward C. Pickering...
...hammer throw is very much in doubt. Stillman, of Yale, has been so erratic in his work that it is difficult to tell just what he will do. Boal of Harvard has greater experience and steadiness, and has thrown 144 feet repeatedly during the past week. He should secure first place, with Stillman second and Brown of Harvard third...
...Percy Thurston, who has been janitor of the Hemenway Gymnasium for the past fourteen years, died suddenly from hemorrhage brought on by overexertion yesterday afternoon. He had been suffering from consumption for a long time...
...past years, a prize of $100 will be offered during 1901 for the best metrical translation of a lyric poem of Horace. The poem set for next year is the thirty-first ode of the first book. Any undergraduate of Harvard College or of Radcliffe may compete...