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Notwithstanding the fact that a general description of the new Jefferson Physical Laboratory has recently appeared, the following details of the structure of the new building, taken from specifications in the hands of the architects, we believe will prove of interest. The total length of the building is 209 feet. There are two wings, one at each end of the building, 65 feet 4 inches in dimension each way; the central part is 72 feet in length and 46 feet in width. The westerly wing of the building is to be used for special students and professors conducting experiments...
...four-handed racket match for the championship of the English universities was played recently at Belgravia near London, between Oxford and Cambridge men, and Cambridge won the match by four games to one, making a total of 60 aces against 22. The score in 27 matches now stands 14 for Cambridge and 13 for Oxford. From 1869 to 1875 Oxford won seven times in succession, and from 1876 to 1883 Cambridge has had a series of uninterrupted victories. The single-handed game was also won by Cambridge by a score of three games to one. Twenty-six single handed matches...
...those who do exert a strong and thoroughly Christian influence. One of the best of these, it is rumored, Harvard is to lose next year; for her own sake I hope this will not prove true. The "Society of Christian Brethren," founded in 1802, meets weekly. The Harvard Total Abstinence Society has what ought to be considered a very small membership, but it is worth nothing that it exists, and recently had a public meeting at which ex-Governor Long and Rev. E. E. Hale, both alumni of Harvard, made rousing addresses. The use of wine at their tables...
...granted them membership and - one vote. The full value of this tremendous concession can only be realized when the status of the two associations is remembered." And the News goes on to give the following information, clipped from the Spirit : "The A. A. A. consists of eleven clubs, the total membership of which is about 2000, of which number less than 400 are actual athletes. Each of these eleven clubs has one vote at all meetings of the association. The I. C. A. A. contains seventeen clubs, with an individual membership of 5000, 1000 being actual athletes. They are then...
...class fund of the present senior class is payable in five annual instalments, beginning May 1st, 1883. The college fund is payable in ten annual instalments, beginning June 1st, 1883. The following is the amount subscribed to the class fund by the last six senior classes : Class of '77 - total, $11,070; average, $65.63; class of '78 - total, $4,965; average, $62.06; class of '79 - total, $9,035; average, $48.84; class of '80 - total, $8,605; average, $48.34; class of '81 - total, $6,150; average, $48.04; class of '82 - total, $9,595; average...