Word: various
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...athletic outlook is discussed. The writer takes a gloomy view of the coming season, and calls upon the college to check the successive defeats of recent years by more earnest and general co-operation. For "men must work individually to induce promising fellows to become candidates for the various teams; men must themselves discuss athletic questions," more thoroughly, so as to let athletic men feel "that they are the representatives of a compact body of men" who are "determined to win." The next topic is the new regulations of the faculty, which are criticised in the same vein...
...full list of the advantages mentioned cannot be given, but a few of those most emphatically dwelt upon by the men who wrote the committee will be of interest; they are: general reputation, superiority of instructors, wide range of courses of instructions, methods of instruction including the elective system; various facilities for work, as libraries, laboratories, museums, gymnasium, etc.; other aids, such as department clubs, lectures, conferences. vicinity of Boston, the cordial relations existing between instructors and students, various religious advantages, financial aid and many others...
...interesting to note the various opinions of the college press relative to the probable winners of the Intercollegiate games this year. Of course any such predictions bear. little weight no matter how they may be made. The history of track athletics in the past has shown scarcely an instance of correct predictions and yet a brief statement made by the Yale News may be of considerable interest to Harvard men. The notable fault of this resume is the assurance with which some of the most doubtful events are awarded...
...captain of the club was accepted and Rogers, '90, was unanimouly elected temporary captain until the regular election. The report of the committee on the meet was received and accepted. The report announced all the arrangements completed and also that the meet had been extensively advertised by various methods. The club voted to give cups to Holmes, '92, who won the hare and hounds run on Tuesday, and to the winners of the Harvard-Tech. road race. A committee of three, Messrs. Rogers, Rourke and Bailey were appointed to revise the constitution...
...will be devoted to special advanced research, especially in technical studies. Its departments will include mathematics, physics. chemistry, biology, psychology, and the special study of languages, it will aim to take graduates from the colleges and fit them for the exceptional and rare work demanded of specialists in various branches of science. Special advantages will be offered to students in the way of prizes and fellowships...