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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...assistance. These scholarships are assigned upon the basis of the student's percentages appearing on the annual rank list. In such a large college the competition is necessarily great. Those who have been fitted at the Harvard preparatory schools of the Eastern States generally have the advantage from the start. Scholarships being regarded as prizes for high marks are often eagerly sought after whether needed or not. Many a student with sufficient assistance from home is glad to supplement his funds and thus live in luxury with the added honor of having his name printed among the holders of scholarships...
Base-ball seems to have taken a fresh start in the Maine colleges. Last year only two colleges, Bowdoin and Colby, contested for the pennant, but this spring the Maine State College and probably Bates will join the league...
...their first match last Thursday, at Didsbury, England, their opponents being the team of Owens College of Manchester, and won by a score of 5 goals to 1. Immediately after the beginning of the game the Canadians laid siege to the home goal, and within three minutes from the start scored the first goal...
...RAND, JR.FRESHMAN GLEE CLUB.- A special car will start for Roxbury at 6.30 from the Square...
There are many college men who, when it comes their senior year, finding themselves undecided as to what avocation to follow in life, turn their thoughts to journalism. Generally, however, they find some other occupation in which they can get a little better start, leave the field of journalism, and consequently fewer college-bred men are to be found in that profession than in any other. The Unicersity has taken the trouble to write to the editors of several of the leading newspapers, asking them for their opinions as to the chances of success of college graduates. The following reply...