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Miss Annie J. Cannon of the Harvard Astronomical Observatory has received from Groningen University in Holland an honorary doctor's degree in mathematics and astronomy, in acknowledgment of her work in the study of stellar spectra. She is believed to be one of the first American women to receive such a distinction from a European university for scientific work...
Princeton track enthusiasts are on the verge of giving up all hopes of a championship team this year owing to the ineligibility and injury of many of the Tiger's stellar performers. The four important men unable to compete this spring on account of studies are Murrey, star half-miler and winner of several 400-yard indoor races this winter; Adams, former interscholastic champion in the mile and captain of the 1923 outfit last spring; Huhn, a promising hurdler; and Croft, star sprinter for the Freshmen last year. W. S. Powers, former Exeter star, and the best pole vaulter...
...second and A. J. Conlon '22 at short-stop. Emmons has been a member of University baseball teams for two years past and in starting his second season as captain. Last spring he received third place in the competition for the Barrott Wendell Jr. Trophy. Conlon, Stellar shortstop on the University nine last year, is a brilliant fielder and powerful hitter. He won the Dann J. P. Wingate Cup for the best all-around ability on the diamond last spring and almost defeated Lincoln for the Wendell Trophy...
...displayed unexpected power, overcoming the Worcester quintet 62-29. Lewis Gordon, star of last year's Gloucester High School five proved to be the star of the game, and after the game he was appointed acting captain and was later elected to that position. The next contest with the stellar Dartmouth yearlings was one of the hardest games of the season, the Freshmen winning in the last few minutes of play by the small margin...
...whirlwind 1924 basketball five will clash with the Yale Freshmen this evening at New Haven in the last game of their season. The 1924 players have been showing stellar form since their defeat by the Andover five which is the only game of the season lost. The Eli Freshmen were also defeated by the Andover team in an overtime game last week...