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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meeting of the Student Council yesterday a committee, consisting of P. M. Henry '09, R. M. Middlemass '09, and A. Sweetser '11, was appointed to confer with the committee chosen by the Corporation to manage the two dining halls of the University. The student committee will not aid in the management of the halls, but will attempt to effect a proper student organization in co-operation with the managing committee...
...noteworthy feature of the report on athletic finances published today is the general decrease in the receipts of the minor sports, which we attribute to two causes. The first is the falling off in the amount of subscriptions, for last year only about $7,900 was subscribed as against $9,144.39 the year before. The decrease may possibly be accounted for by a lack of diligence among the collectors, but we believe that it is due chiefly to the growing antagonism to the subscription system. If that system were abolished, the profits of the Association would be materially lessened...
...increase of nearly $20,000 in the receipts from University football is the result of the Yale game having been played in Cambridge, where the seating capacity is greater than at New Haven. The expenses are approximately $4,000 less than last year and over $9,000 less than two years ago, when the high-water mark of extravagance was reached. The reform has come in training table bills, supplies, trainers' and coaches' salaries, and travelling expense...
...Zwemer sends a request from the Tabriz Memorial School, of Tabriz, Persia, for a French and an English teacher at salaries of $450 a year, including travelling and living expenses. Besides these two positions, Dr. Zwemer has received from various government and mission stations during the past year calls for 140 men. These positions are for teachers of English, physics, chemistry, music and architecture. Also several men are needed as business agents and station managers...
...this afternoon, furnishes a typical example of the interest in scrub sports which is steadily increasing every year. Although the entry list is considerably smaller than last year's, the fact that nearly 200 men are taking part is a convincing proof of popularity. Since the plan was inaugurated two years ago, its success has ensured it a permanent place in the track season. The coaches are given an opportunity to see the relative advantages of all the candidates for the team, the monotony of the long winter season is broken, and a great many men are given an opportunity...