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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...climate is that of the tropics and the bathing is unusual. One of the sports which no tourist should miss is that of "surfing." To do this one mans a dug-out canoe built with an outrigger, and paddles about half a mile off shore. The ride on the top of an in-rushing wave is comparable only to coasting or skiing. The scenery of the island is famous the world over; for the north side of Honolulu slopes precipitously into the sea from a height of over 4,000 feet. The largest extinct volcano in the world, with...
...advantage which Minot's kicking gave to Harvard. The West Point team was distinctly weak, the line could not hold, though every man fought hard. Dean, the left halfback, played a strong game and was almost certain of catching punts even though the ends were right on top...
...lowest possible figure. A band will play on the march from the Yard and some of the familiar football songs will be sung. At Soldiers Field there will be a series of evolutions, an elaborate display of fire-works, with a final torchlight march around the top of the Stadium. President Lowell and his guests will occupy the central section of seats in the bowl of the Stadium, and delegates to the inauguration and guests of the University will be seated in the adjoining sections. The President will make a brief address...
...college courses are strictly untechnical, the requirement of a small number of electives in certain subjects, as a condition for entering a graduate professional school, is not inconsistent with a liberal education. But I will acknowledge a prejudice that for a man who is destined to reach the top of his profession a broad education, and a firm grasp of some subject lying outside of his vocation, is a vast advantage; and we must not forget that in substantially confining the professional schools at Harvard to college graduates we are aiming at the higher strata in the professions...
...races for the university fours and freshman eights were held in the morning, before the university eight-oared race. The fours started at the finish line opposite Red Top and rowed over the last two miles of the course to the Navy Yard. The eights rowed two miles from the Navy Yard to the rail-road bridge. In point of closeness the four-oared race was the best of the day. Both crews started at 36 to the minute, with Yale having a slight advantage, which was increased to almost a length by the time the half-mile flag...