Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...pole-vault competition, which will be open to all members of the University, will be held in the Stadium tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The reason for the contest is to pick men to go to Philadelphia to compete in the intercollegiate games...
...difficulty in the system at Memorial Hall which has caused considerable comment is the method of counting the weeks as beginning on Wednesday. This is due to the fact that the tables open on this day in the fall, but there seems to be no particular reason for continuing the system during the year. By charging half price for the first half-week, the Hall could start regularly on the Monday following the opening of College, and save a great deal of trouble and expense for the many men who naturally prefer to enter or leave the Hall on Monday...
...Garcelon L.'95 was the last speaker. A man has more vigor and more energy when he leaves the University if he takes part in athletics, said Mr. Garcelon, and every man should be urged to do so. For that reason the minor sports, or any clean and wholesome sport in which men are interested and which can call out the best players in the University to represent it, should be kept and encouraged, that Harvard may send out men better equipped for life in every way. Applause and enthusiasm are always good things, but what we want...
...owing to the number of men finishing this spring, and desiring to put on a firm basis for future years the plan of having the dinners in Cambridge, the committee in charge in making especial effort to have as many men as possible come next Tuesday. There is no reason why there should not be a real enthusiasm for this last dinner and it is hoped that every man will attend who can do so. A. G. CABLE...
...possible, considering the disadvantages under which the cadets are placed in athletics. The crew commenced its out-door training early and is well advanced for this season of the year. Because of faculty restrictions the annual Yale-Annapolis race had to be omitted this spring, and for the same reason the navy will be prevented from entering the Poughkeepsie regatta in June. These conditions make the Harvard race of unusual importance to the cadets, and this interest, coupled with the fact that their crew is better prepared than Harvard to row a two-mile race, gives them at least...