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...trophy which will be played for is a silver shield offered by Mr. T. N. Rice of New York and will become permanent property when it has been won three years in succession. Oxford and Cambridge won the first two matches and tied the match last year...
...portrait of Major Higginson was painted by Sargent during the summer, when the former was in London. As matters now stand the money received forms only about one-half of the sum required for both the portrait and the shield. A new committee will be appointed shortly and the work of collecting the remainder of the required sum will be begun...
...month later, on January 19, the committee made it known that the primary object of raising the fund was to have a portrait of Major Higginson painted by Sargent, and expressed the hope that the amount raised would be sufficient for the portrait and also for a large Harvard shield to be set into the panelling above the Harvard fire-place. The canvassing of dormitories was begun and circulars were sent out to non-resident members, but it was found difficult to raise a sufficient sum for the entire enterprise...
...Harvard interscholastic tennis tournament for the championship in singles will be held on Jarvis Field on Saturday, April 27, and Monday, April 29. In addition to First and Runner-up prizes, a championship shield will be offered for the school winning the greatest number of points, each match actually won counting as one point. The winner of the tournament will also have the right, as Harvard Interscholastic Champion for 1901, to play at Newport, in August, for the National Interscholastic Championship of the United States...
...latter part of March or the beginning of April. The committee is now canvassing the dormitories for cash subscriptions, and circulars will soon be sent to non-resident students. It is hoped that the amount raised will be sufficient for the portrait and also for a large Harvard shield to be set into the panelling above the fire-place at the Harvard end of the living-room...