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...than they have been for some years. And not only has the work of the track team been extraordinary in actual contests, but it has also been most consistent in daily training, and the men are in good condition. In baseball, Pennsylvania has so far done well, and in recent games the team has proved stronger at the bat than was expected, judging from the weak hitting at the beginning of the season. Dickson and Brown will pitch the rest of the season, for the loss of Jackson at left field has necessitated the placing of Ritchie in that position...
...most important events which has occurred at the University in recent years was the dedication of the Flower Observatory, which has been building for the past year and a half. One of the houses contains the great Equatorial telescope, than which there are but five larger ones in this country and six in Europe. The aperture of the object is eighteen inches and the length of the instrument about twenty-seven feet. The observatory has been pronounced to be one of the finest and best equipped in the country...
...Freshman Debating Club defeated the Sophomore members of the Union in their joint debate last evening. The subject for debate was "Resolved, That the action of Mr. Cleveland in vetoing the recent immigration bill was commendable." The Freshman debaters, J. A. Richards, W. P. Eaton and S. B. Southworth, supported the negative side of the question. The affirmative side was taken by the Sophomores, G. R. Stobbs, R. L. Hoguet and F. O. White. President Capen of Tufts College, Professor Taussig and Dean Briggs acted as judges of the debate and Professor G. P. Baker presided...
...success of Princeton's representatives in the debate with Yale was received with the greatest enthusiasm by the students. A parade was formed, which marched over the campus and was briefly addressed by President Patton. The debaters worked hard in the face of recent defeats and well deserved their victory...
...congratulate '99 on the success of their class dinner. The practice of having Sophomore dinners has been discontinued of recent years, and, as such occasions are of the few centralizing forces which Harvard now has, it is to be hoped that 1900 and future classes will follow this, the right track, and endeavor to take advantage of every chance to make Harvard what she should be-the home of the most general and most lasting comradeship...