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Following out the movement started several years ago, to present to the University some sort of memorial of Bishop Brooks' religious work at Harvard, the committee who were placed in charge of the matter have urged the work along very successfully and have recently received most attractive and excellent plans for the memorial building which is to be called "Brooks House." These plans which were drawn by Mr. A. W. Langfellow are now in the hands of the Corporation who will probably approve them soon. It is not likely that ground will be broken this fall, but it now seems...
Most of the recent bequests to the University have been for specified purposes of some kind, with the result that the Corporation has felt seriously the need of ready funds for making improvements along the most needed lines. Now, however, that one of the largest gifts of recent years has come to the Corporation, this last summer, with no conditions imposed as to its use, we may look for several improvements which have long been desirable but which it has thus far been impossible to make. One addition, in particular, to the University, which has become almost a necessity...
Frederic DeForest Allen, Ph. D., professor of classical philology, died on August 4 from the effects of a paralytic shock, sustained while riding along Lafayette road, about four miles from Portsmouth...
...afternoon, although the wind was very high, Mr. Lehmann had the crew paddle by fours across the river to a comparatively calm stretch under the lee shore opposite Krum Elbow. Here the crew paddled along the shore with frequent bursts of speed. One stretch of two minutes of rowing was tried, in which the crew maintained a stroke of 38 throughout. The rest of the time was spent in comparatively easy rowing...
...field for a crease which, if it were on firm, level ground, could be taken care of with but little trouble and expense. As soon as the authorities realize how much the game would improve the present opportunities for physical training in the University, if encouraged and helped along a little, it will probably obtain more of the recognition which it deserves...