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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...First prize won by Mr. R. D. Sears, '83; second prize won by F. L. Eldridge...
...that, if thoroughly performed, would leave little or no time for anything else. Outside reading, theses, and hour examinations are not only recommended, but forced upon us to such a degree, that we are obliged to neglect other courses where instructors are more reasonable in their demands. In the first-mentioned course, too, we merely gain a superficial knowledge of a multitude of things, instead of a thorough understanding of a few. This is especially true of a course where, in addition to the outside work just mentioned, the theses (not mentioned in the elective pamphlet) are to be exhaustive...
...first event was for the one-mile walk, in which, out of six men entered, only two appeared at the scratch. These were Messrs. F. C. Huidekoper, '80, and E. E. Wentworth, '82. For about half a mile they kept along within three feet of each other; but, by the end of the third lap, Wentworth worked ahead, and won by ten yards, in 8 m. 36 s. Huidekoper's time...
...plan proposes: First, That the colleges interested (Harvard, Yale, Brown, Princeton, Amherst, &c.) should form a League or Union, the necessary business of which should be conducted by an Executive or Judiciary Committee composed of one or more representatives from each college included in the League or Union...
ALTHOUGH the weather in Montreal was chilly, a large audience assembled on the Cricket Grounds, Saturday, to witness the return-game between the Britannias and the Harvards. The first game played by Harvard against the Canadians was in 1874, when the McGill team, under Mr. David Rodger's captaincy, was beaten by us in Boston. In the autumn of 1875 a Montreal club met with a similar fate. In the spring of 1876 an exceptionally strong team from "All Canada" was defeated on Jarvis Field, and again, in the following autumn, at Montreal. It was during this game that Harvard...