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...second volume of this Annual shows that during the year 1874 the interest in Athletics in this country has noticeably increased. The Editor in his Preface says: "The establishment of an Intercollegiate Athletic meeting has given great impetus to Athletics at various seats of learning, and each college has organized, or is about to organize, an Athletic Club, which step will, we are convinced, do more to advance and popularize Athletics than any other method...
...mark entirely on examinations. Course II. is intended for the men who have passed the advanced entrance examinations, and, in general, for Freshmen of the A Divisions. Latin III. is essentially philosophical. The object is to enable men to read Philosophy in Latin; and although the tenets in the various schools are not the main object of the course, they will be brought in constantly...
...season for field and river sports opens, the increasing interest manifested in the various college associations for physical culture is most gratifying. The present week, notwithstanding the shiveriness of the temperature, has found the members of the different boating-clubs taking their invigorating pulls on the Charles; and the ball men have again sought Jarvis. This season, however, physical development has another candidate for our interest and favor in the Athletic Association. Last season this association was only in its promising infancy, but now comes before us as an organization ready to do a manly work in supplementing the physical...
...hours a week are devoted to the study of the Constitution of the United States and of the Elements of Political Economy. These subjects are kept entirely distinct. The Constitution is first studied, and the recitations are practically lectures by the instructor upon the application and history of the various sections which come before the division. After the Constitution, or at least the text of it, has been mastered, it is laid aside; and the remainder of the year is devoted to the study of Political Economy...
...hoped that the other boat-clubs of the College will immediately follow the Weld Club's example. The adoption by the boat-clubs of another permanent distinguishing mark has been suggested. In the Library is a card on which are printed in colors the flags of the various college boat-clubs of Oxford University; with the dark-blue flag of the University in the centre, these bright-colored flags have a very brilliant effect. It would be perfectly possible for the boat-clubs of Harvard to choose flags of a similar sort. Five flag-staffs could be erected...