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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...events of past indoor meetings and introduced performances, which were interesting not only because of their novelty but because of the excel lent manner in which they were carried out. Such events were the ladders and double trapeze. They were exhibitions rather than contests and from the point of view of the spectator, lost nothing in interest because the performers were not pitted against each other in actual competition. The tendency to introduce special exhibitions is not a bad one. Individual contests are naturally not to be discouraged, but it adds no little pleasure to see performances in which...
...announcement that Princeton has finally decided to play a series of two games with Harvard, and a third if necessary, will cause no little surprise in view of the events which have taken pace recently. When Princeton refused to arrange games except on an undergraduate basis, contests for this year seemed to be shut off irrevocably. Our future relations. even, seemed to be threatened. However, before taking any radical step Harvard wrote to Princeton to see if her decision was final. A few letters followed and the result of the correspondence is that Princeton has receded from the stand...
Professor Kittredge read a paper before the School Masters' Association of New York on Saturday on "College Admission Requirements in English." His words are especially interesting in view of the recent agitation of the question of college admission examinations in English. Referring to these he said...
Fortunately the first Winter Meeting does not presage the success of the other two. There is an attractive list of events and the special exhibitions will be unique and interesting. In view of the experience of Saturday's meeting, we cannot urge too strongly that men who are at all in training for such events to see to it that they do their part, not by entering alone, but by contesting, The entries for the second meeting will be kept open until half past seven to-night as announced in another column...
...Charles from being made a hideous spectacle of factories, wharfs and tenement houses; as well as save them from the ravages of ruthless speculators. All we are asked to do is to sign the petitions which have been left in places of easy access-a slight effort in view of what it may help to accomplish...