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...been made to their efforts must cause the management of the Athletic Association without making one more appeal to men in college. There must certainly be a great many men who have the ability that these meetings tend to develop who have made no effort to be present at them. The examinations will be over to-day, and we hope to see the men who have offered "grinding" as an excuse turn up at the meeting next Thursday. We strongly urge every one, whether he has ever tried jumping or putting the shot or not, to enter the next contest...
...regulations, no overdue theme will be accepted, unless the writer satisfies the secretary that his failure to present it at the appointed time was caused by serious illness or other unavoidable hindrance. Overdue themes, countersigned by the secretary, may be left at Grays 18. In no case must themes be put in the box in Sever 3 after the day on which they...
There was an unusually large number of students and visitors present at vespers last evening. After Dr. F. G. Peabody made the introductory prayer, the cxxxviii. Psalm was read by the congregation. Dr. Phillips Brooks spoke very feelingly of the incident of Christ in the wilderness. He said it was at this time that the Saviour of men first recognized in himself that inherent power of resisting evil which He observed other men did not possess. The speaker cautioned his hearers to beware of turning the powers they did possess to base ends, but to devote them to the development...
...four years' course. The writer further complains that a boy who comes to Harvard "saturated" with knowledge of American authors is naturally surprised at failing in an examination because he happens to know nothing about Scott. This seems to us an argument in favor of, not against, our present system. For, if the boy is so "saturated" in American literature, is it not just as well that he should be expected to find out something in regard to the writers and masterpieces of England? There is a fallacy in the writer's argument here...
...felt at Oxford as regards the strength of the crew. The material is inferior to that of former years, and the average weight of the men is but 160 lbs. Only three members of last year's crew are rowing, but the fact that their weight is at present the same as at the time of last year's race shows that they are in severe training...