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...most important event of the season was the international tournament at Longwood early in August, between the English and the American associations for the Davis challenge cup. This was the first international match officially recognized. The conditions of the tournament provided that the cup should go to the team winning three out of five matches, one of which should be in doubles. The tournament resulted in a complete victory for the American team in three straight matches. In the singles Whitman defeated Gore in consecutive sets, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2, and Davis defeated Black...
...Comers at Newport during the week of August 13, Gore of the English team defeated Ward in the second round of the tournament but was defeated by G. L. Wrenn Jr. in the semi-finals. B. C. Wright '03 maintained his position until the semi-final round, having defeated H. Foster, L. E. Ware, Kreigh Collins, the western champion, and D. F. Davis, but was finally defeated by W. A. Larned. In the finals Larned defeated Wrenn, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, but was in turn defeated by Whitman, the holder of the championship...
...scientific expedition is being formed at Yale to go West this summer. About twelve Yale instructors and students will take part in the expedition, which will leave late in August. The party will make the Grand Canyon of the Colorado in Arizona the main object of the trip, but will also visit the San Francisco mountains and the petrified forests of Arizona. Another Yale party is already on its way to the Canyon. The object of the expedition is mainly to study the geology of the Arizona regions and also to hunt for fossil remains...
...expedition of the Engineering Department this year will be to Makoniky, Martha's Vineyard. Mr. Turner and about sixty men will leave Cambridge on June 16 and remain at Martha's Vineyard until August 4. At Makoniky, a small town a few miles south of West Chop on the Sound side of the island, the University has rented about 400 acres of land with a summer hotel and wharfing facilities. The work there will consist of field practice in plane, topographical, geodetic, and railroad surveying...
...unusually large number of students have signified their intention of attending Summer School this year. The session will open on July 5 and will close August 15. The following instructors have been appointed in the various courses: In Greek, Professor Wright, Dr. Keep, and Mr. George H. Chase; in Latin, Professor Greenough, Dr. Moore and Mr. Henry N. Prescott; in English, Professor Baker, Mr. Hurlbut, Mr. Schofield, Mr. Hart, Mr. Young, Mr. Huntington, Mr. Greenough and Mr. Gentner; in Reading and Speaking, Mr. I. L. Winter; in German, Professor Schilling and Dr. Poll; in French, Professor de Sumichrast; in Spanish...