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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...special interest in the number of the Graduates' Magazine for March is an interesting article on Required Gymnastics at Harvard by Henry W. Putnam '69, who expresses himself as strongly in favor of a compulsory system. The University Archives by Wm. Garret Brown '91 describes the old record books stored in the basement of Gore Hall, and an article on the Graduate Athletic Association by A. P. Gardner '86 well sets forth the aims and hopes of the Association. From a Graduate's Window, concerning Harvard Episodes, expressed the opinion that Mr. Flandrau, in searching the weaknesses of college life...
...first of May of each year each institution will publish in the order of their superiority the record of its fifty strongest men examined that year. The individual having the highest total shall be considered the champion strong man of all the colleges, and the institution having the fifty strongest men, as decided by the largest total score, shall hold the total strength trophy for the next year. In making up the record for the first fifty, only such tests as have actually been made during the college year, from October first to May first, will be allowed to count...
References: Cong. Record, Dec. 13, '97, p. 117; Jan. 17, '98, p. 737; Jan. 11, '98, p. 548; Mar. 16, '96, p. 2817. Public Opinion, Jan. 27, '98, p. 102; Report of Senate Com. on Immigration...
References: President Cleveland's veto message, Cong. Record, March 2, 1897. No Am. Review, May, 1897. No. Am. Review, Vol. 134, p. 346. Atlantic Mo., Vol. 78, p. 445. Debates on bill in Cong. Record, 54th Cong. H. R. 7864, Mayo Smith, Emigration and Immigration...
...treasurer as soon as possible. They also request that all who are able should enclose the first instalment as it is desirous to have money on hand to meet current expenses. In years past single subscriptions have reached as high as $500, and '98 should attempt to equal this record. Considering the fact that the subscription is payable in five annual instalments we trust that each man will give as much as possible and as soon as convenient to avoid unnecessary trouble for the committee at the end of the year...