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...will keep in training and compete in these games with the hope of annexing an American Indoor Championship title. The championships to be decided are: 60 yards, 300 yards, 600 yards, 1000 yards, two miles, 70-yard high hurdles, standing high and broad jumps, running high jump, running hop, step and jump, 16-pound shot put, two-mile walk, and medley relay championship for teams of four...
...comprehensiveness of the system of Freshman musical activities for the second half-year marks a new and important step in the popularization of this branch of art. The revival of the class Glee, Mandolin, and Banjo Clubs, after their hibernation through the first year of 1918, will be an extra prize of some value for the most proficient. The heart of the new system, however, is the interdormitory competition. With no limit on the size of these clubs, any Freshman may get some elementary knowledge of music. The half hour of practice on Wednesday evenings can be made into...
...Some steps have been taken recently to spread the University's reputation in the southern continent. Probably the greatest influence has been the fact that out of the three United States ambassadors in South America, two--Professor Frederic Jesup Stimson '76, of the Department of Government at Buenos Aires, and Edwin Vernon Morgan '90, at Rio de Janeiro--are Harvard men. Again, Professor Lima's visits to Cambridge have been useful in promoting the proposed system. As an additional step the University is contemplating the issue of an edition of the regular catalogue in Spanish for distribution in Latin America...
Brown University next week will hold for the first time mid-year entrance examinations for students who graduate from preparatory schools at mid-year and who are desirous of entering college at once. This step was decided upon by the university officials because of the fact that all four Providence high schools and several other preparatory schools in New England and New York graduate classes in January as well as in June...
...Yale committee doubtless feels a natural hesitancy in taking such a step, for fear of putting Yale in a false light with other institutions. But there is possible a point of view even higher than that, which would consider the case in the light of pure justice, justice not of the letter but of spirit. The University does not presume to offer advice to Yale; but, since the matter is not yet settled, it may be worth while to set forth the attitude of Harvard...