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...very large audience listened to an interesting lecture on "Electric Lighting," given last evening in the lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory by Dr. Edwin H. Hall. The lecturer gave first a sketcle of the various discoveries in electricity and then explained the theory of the are and incandescent lights. Electricity has been known to mankind for more than 2,000 year, but only during the last ten years has it been used practically for lighting. The electricity generated by friction, when discharged gives a spark of great brilliancy but of very short duration. The discoveries in chemical electricity...
...last Saturday, was a very successful one. The attendance was good but there was not such a jam as to render it uncomfortable. The events went off with considerable snap and vigor and the meeting closed before anyone had a chance to be bored at the sameness which the various feats must have in a meeting of this sort. The performance began with work on the horizontal bar: C. A. Goeble, '88; G. L. Barney, '90; F. B. Myers, '90; and J. B. Henderson, '91, gave a very good exhibition. Henderson carried off the honors and was pronounced the winner...
This afternoon occurs the last of the three winter meetings of the Athletic Association. There are not so many entries this year as there have been in former years, and consequently the competition in the various events will not be so close as usual. However, the meeting will doubtless prove interesting to those who enjoy gymnastic feats on the rings and bars and the like. Two of the events-the high jump and pole vault-will be contested at the Mott Haven games this spring, and the records made today will be watched with interest...
...Amateur Athletic Union will hold its first annual championship boxing, fencing and wrestling contest on Friday, April 6th, in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. The classes will be arranged according to the weights of the contestants, and the winners of the finals in the various bouts will be given handsome gold medals. Only members of athletic organizations of acknowledged good standing will be allowed to compete, and precaution will be taken to exclude all doubtful amateurs. The entrance fee will be two dollars. All intending to compete must notify Otto Ruhl, No, 104 West 55th street, New York, before...
...students and one medical student-will positively not row, although some of them were at one time expected. These six places will be hard to fill. The material at first looked promising, but just now it is considered a little disappointing for various reasons. It is gratifying, however, to know that the examination of the candidates by Dr. Sargent shows that there is strength, but the chief failing in many of the men is found to be small lung power. If the material were a little older and not quite so raw the committee would have no reason to complain...