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...colleges (including Harvard and Yale) have now joined the Commission on Admission Examinations. The commission, which will comprise one faculty member from each college, has still another object in view-the establishment of a system by which the requirements for admission will be more uniform than they are at present. The need of which has been felt by many young men who have been compelled to go to preparatory schools which made a specialty of fitting for some college other than the one they wished to enter. Thus a good deal of the regular school work was unnecessary...
...HUBBARD, Secretary.ADVOCATE.- Meeting of editors today at 1.30 sharp in 15 Thayer. It is hoped some member of the '89 board will be present...
About thirty candidates for the Mott Haven team, including a large proportion of new members, exercised in the gymnasium yesterday afternoon; but they will not be regularly organized until Monday, as many of those who intend to train were not present at the meeting on Thursday...
...annual meeting of the Inter-Collegiate Cricket Association was held in Philadelphia January 1, delegates being present from the University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, and Harvard; the latter was represented by Ellis, '89, Balch, '90, and Longstreth...
...most interest to Harvard men in the January Outing is the second paper on American College Athletics, written by Mr. J. Mott Hallowell, '88. The subject is Athletics at Harvard University. In this paper rowing. foot-ball and lacrosse are described, with an account of their growth and present status. In conclusion a brief account of the faculty regulations and their effect is given. The paper is full of interesting facts and is a very fair and just description of Harvard's present position in athletics. It should be read by all who are interested in our welfare...