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...drill-hour of the H. R. C. has been changed from 6.30 to 6.45 P. M. The corps will leave promptly at 7 for the field, and all members are requested to be present...
...following Commencement Parts have been accepted: Hale, The Poetry of Doubt; Hyde, Modern Idolatry of Culture; McFarlane, The Decline of American Shipping; Patten, Latin Salutatory; Poor, the Platonic Idea in Art; Schofield, Present Commercial Agitation in England; Swazey, Lord Beaconsfield's Recent Diplomacy; Taussig, The New German Empire...
...would it demand much extra work on the part of the Crew. Less practicable, but still more desirable, would be the entry of a four-oar, as only with a four-oar can we meet Cornell. There are several difficulties in the way of this course which do not present themselves in the case of an eight-oared race; but if we cannot enter both an eight and a four, and must choose between the two, it will be worth while to consider whether all the extra work and expense required for the entry of a four-oar will...
ATHLETICS.The track on Jarvis Field is at the present writing completed, all but the rolling, which will take some time longer. It has been an exceedingly costly piece of work, and we hope that any assessment which may possibly be made will be paid up promptly and cheerfully. Now that the work is complete, it will not need renewing for a series of years, and we may also congratulate ourselves on having the only cinder path this side of Mott Haven, New York. The track has been carefully resurveyed, 18 inches removed from the inside all round...
There may be a difference of opinion as to whether a specialist "ought to complain" if, under the present system, he gets no credit in his specialty because he takes fifteen and not eighteen hours of work; but probably no one will deny that the new system does him far greater justice...