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...development and inconsistent and startling reversal of form throughout the season are causes which at this time prevent a true estimate of the Harvard team's worth. Secret practice, however, which has been going on during the past week, has corrected some of the earlier faults, and by perfecting various formations, has immeasurably increased the attacking power of the eleven. High playing by both linemen and backs are some of the habits which the team has so far been unable to overcome, and these will undoubtedly account for any lack of effectiveness in either stopping the ball or advancing...
...annual meeting of the Association of Colleges in New England will be held today and tomorrow at Middlebury College, Vermont. This is an informal meeting of officers of the various colleges in New England for the purpose of a general discussion of subjects of peculiar interest to the colleges of this section. President Eliot and Dean Hurl but will attend from Harvard...
...chief objections to the building of the dam has been the fear that sewage would accumulate in the basin. With a view to ascertaining the truth of this statement, chemical and bacteriological analyses of the water were made under various tidal conditions, especially in regard to the dissolution of sewage in still fresh water; and all the sewers opening into the basin and its tributaries were examined both in dry weather and in storm overflows. The temperature of the water has been systematically watched all summer...
More interest is being evinced in chess this year than has been shown for some years. Forty-one men have entered the tournament now being held by the Chess Club to select men for the various matches of the year. The four men doing, the best work in this tournament will play the men who composed the 1901 University chess team to decide the personnel of the team which will meet Yale, Columbia, and Princeton in the intercollegiate tournament which will take place during the Christmas recess. The ten best men in the tournament will make up the team which...
Professor Francke has also purchased various reproductions of famous German statues, and, as representative of North German art, fac-similes of three of the reliefs from the great altar of the Schleswig Cathedral, by Brueggemann-the "Ecce Homo," the "Establishment of the Passover," and the "Meeting of Abraham and Melchisedec...