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Certainly cross-country running is a sufficiently important branch of track to be made a "legitimate" field in which to win one's letter. It is not a trivial sport. With the possible exception of rowing, there is no exercise which makes such a demand upon the grit and stamina of the athlete, and which leaves him in such an exhausted condition. Moreover, the distance runners in the spring are often the cross-country runners of the preceding fall. At Yale the letter is awarded to those runners who finish within twelfth place in the intercollegiate run, whether Yale wins...
Concerts at the following places on the western trip of the Musical Clubs have been definitely decided upon: Springfield, December 22; Cincinnati, Ohio, December 25; Minneapolis, Minn., December 27; Chicago, December 28; Omaha, Neb., December 29; Denver. Colo., December 30. Between the concerts in Springfield and in Cincinnati, a concert will be arranged either at Pittsburg or Syracuse...
Passing from the dangerous, rock-bound coast to the plains of the interior, the tourist comes upon the great nitrate beds, which furnish the chief income to this otherwise unproductive country. The export of nitrate is enormous and was the chief cause of the late Chili-Peruvian...
Botany 12 2hf. Variation and Heredity. Advanced studies upon special topics.-Lectures to be given in Cambridge; laboratory work to be given at the Bussey Institution, Jamaica Plain. Half-course (second half-year). Mon., Wed., Fri., hour to be arranged. Assistant Professor E. M. East...
...degree of LL.D. from Illinois, and last month, at the Inauguration of President Lowell, he received the degree of Litt.D. In conferring the degree President Lowell referred to him as "a pioneer in American history, who has set forth in memorable pages the vast influence of Western expansion upon the civilization of our country...