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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...just received a valuable shipment of books on Swiss History, a gift from W.B. Cutting, Jr., '06 and Assistant Professor A.C. Coolidge '87. There are about 400 volumes in the collection. Mr. Cutting, who is at present living at St. Moutz, Switzerland, has devoted much time during the past winter to gathering these books. The collection contains many valuable old books and later treatises on the various points of Swiss history...
...class races after the practice. The crews went up to Brighton bridge and back in easy stretches, coached by Wray from the "John Harvard." The rowing of the second eight was better than at any time this year, and the University crew showed improvement over the work of the past few days...
...await with almost equal interest the result of the dual track meet at New Haven. Unfortunately, both the Harvard teams will go into the contests handicapped by the poor condition of some of their best players and runners; but, despite the apprehension that these reports have caused during the past few days, we hope for and expect a two-fold victory. The baseball team has already shown its "fighting" spirit, and we feel that the track team will not be found wanting when the real test comes this afternoon...
...year by certain departments of the University modify or enlarge their curriculum of studies, the lack of system and proportion in other departments becomes more evident. For the past few years the courses offered by the Department of Fine Arts have been far too few in number and lacking in general systemization. For instance this year in English literature alone 27 subjects are offered in courses and half-courses, while 13 more are given in other years. Twenty-two courses and half-courses are given in Economics and the same number in Philosophy. The se figures do not, of course...
Captain J. L. Cooney '07, catcher, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy. This is his fourth year an catcher on the university nine. He has also played tackle on the football teams of the past four years and was captain of the 1905 eleven. He is 26 years old, is 6 feet 10 inches tall, and weighs 194 pounds...