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...past record of former Harvard players shows that tennis is a sport worthy of this expansion. Of the thirteen men who have won national championships in the United States since national tournaments were instituted in 1885, ten have been college graduates; and of the ten, eight were from Harvard, one from Cornell, and one from Yale. Not only has Harvard had a preponderance of national champions, but has always appeared in the "first tens" of ranking players; and last summer the University was represented by three men in the first group...
When the Freshman dormitories were built last year, thirteen small trees were planted in the plot of land between Smith and Standish Halls. Since the soil was not good, they did not grow very well, and therefore were taken out last fall...
...work here digging large holes in preparation for planting larger and more vigorous trees. The land between Standish and smith Halls is divided into two plots. Seven trees will be placed in the plot in front of Standish Hall and six in front of Smith. These thirteen new trees will be elms, about fifteen feet high, and will be planted as soon as the frost thaws out of the ground. The work is being directed under the supervision of R. T. Fisher, head of the Forestry Department...
...Thirteen colleges have contributed 848 names to the I. C. A. A. A. A. entry lists. Cornell has entered 203 men, Princeton 109, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 102, and Pennsylvania 100. Other entries are from Columbia, 93; Penn. State, 70; Michigan, the sole entrant from the middle west, 50; Yale, 45; Brown, 12; New York University, 11; Syracuse, 9; and Amherst...
...Freshman hockey team will be given a real test of its ability when it faces the St. Paul's seven this afternoon on the latter's rink at Concord, N. H. Thirteen players will make the trip...