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...arrangement of the color-scheme has been intrusted to Mr. Joseph Lindon Smith, who has made some unusual experiments in coloring antique statuary. In the "Agamemnon" the varied apparel of captives and body-guards attendant on a victorious army will afford ample opportunity for an extensive display of brilliant hues...
...magazines, it is desired to secure text and reference books of every kind. Men who have text books which they will not use again are asked to contribute them for a loan library which is to be started in Phillips Brooks House for the benefit of men who cannot afford to buy all the books needed in their courses...
...under Wray's coaching the worst faults have been eradicated. As a whole, however, the form of the first crew is exceedingly ragged, although the order has remained the same since Monday. This is due to the lack of a suitable stroke who combines a long enough reach to afford the men behind him an opportunity for a strong sweep. Cable, Ellis, Faulkner and Williams have been tried there successively, but none, of them has proved satisfactory...
...Committee has taken this action after a careful examination of the revised rules for football recently adopted by the American Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee. These rules seem to afford a reasonable assurance that a satisfactory game may be played under them, and the Committee considers it desirable and expedient to permit the Harvard team to co-operate with other university teams in the endeavor to test and exemplify these rules in intercollegiate contests...
...German society-Der Harvard Verein Deutscher Studenten-has recently been organized. Its purpose is to afford an opportunity to students to speak and hear German, and to study modern German literature, art, and ideals. It is planned to carry out this purpose by having occasional lectures by professors of the German Department, and papers on German subjects by members of the society...