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...struggle for the championship of the American College Base-Ball Association for the coming season promises to be a most interesting one. At all the colleges more than the usual enthusiasm prevails, and each seems to be making the most strenuous efforts to turn out "the best nine...
Examinations for admission to Harvard will be held beside the usual places at Paris, France, on the first, second and third of July, for the benefit of those men now studying in Europe. Mr. C. H. Grandgent, '83, will have them in charge. Last year they were held at Brown and six men availed themselves of the opportunity of taking them...
...students thereafter are permitted to elect what branches they will pursue. It is therefore an important epoch in college life, and the "Trig Ceremonies" are always made the occasion of a general celebration by the sophomores, who invite the freshmen to attend and take warning by their experience. The usual chief event is a play, more or less appropriate to the occasion...
Owing to the bad weather the attendance at the third winter meeting on Saturday was not as large as usual. The meeting, however, was, on the whole, an interesting one, although the exhibition of jumping and high kicking could not compare with the third winter meeting of last year, when several records were broken. The first event...
TUG-OF-WAR.The respective teams as they came on the floor were greeted with the encouraging cheers of their classmates. '86 had the north and '88 the south end of the hall. The usual delay in getting a fair start occurred. After several trials, '88 got the drop by four inches. '86 commenced heaving but soon desisted while Balch took in a fair amount of rope. The '86 anchor now had some trouble in straightening out his legs. At the end of two minutes '88 had about a foot of rope. The '88 men now took a little rest, leaning back...