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...this afternoon in the Stadium, a Boy Scout Rally in which more than 3000 are expected to participate, will be held. The rally will contain many novel features, a wall-scaling race by eight teams from various parts of Boston and Massachusetts, and a bridge building exhibition in which Troop 39 of Dorchester will construct out of rope and wood a bridge and dismantle it again, in 25 minutes. Several sea scouting activities will also be demonstrated...
PRINCETON, N. J., May 25.--The Princeton polo team added another, tally to its list of victims by defeating the Philadelphia City Troop combination 9 to 5. Newbold played a brilliant offensive and defensive game for the Tigers. The Princeton tennis team also won a comparatively easy victory from Amherst by the score of 7 to 0. The playing was featured by the exceptional performances of Howard and Loeb...
...King of Spain arrived in Brussels on a visit to the King and Queen of the Belgians. King Albert of Belgium met King Alfonso of Spain on the railway station platform and they drove together in state to the palace along troop-lined and beflagged streets and amidst the tumultuous cheers of the people...
...Three Germans were shot down at Recklinghausen by French sentries for refusing to stop when challenged. Two former members of the Soviet police were summarily executed for returning to Buer after having been expelled. At Freimersheim, near Treves, the Germans moved the switches and caused a collision between a troop train bringing reinforcements from Alsace and an empty freight train. One soldier was killed and six were injured...
...signs point to the Student information Bureau" is an apt expression at present. From morning until night newoomers to Harvard troop into Phillips Brooks House. Of their innumerable questions most concern rooms. The problem of helping them find suitable quarters for the year is a perplexing one for the bureau. Printed lists containing information about more than four hundred rooming houses are provided. But when a man has no place to stay, or to leave his baggage, he is not going to inspect many places; he takes the first available room. While such a course seems natural, it is unwise...