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After a lapse of about two thousand years the Olympic games are to be renewed, in the interest of international amateur sport. The prime mover in this revival is a young Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Conbertin, who is well-known both in his own country and in America, as an enthusiast in athletic sports. He brought about the international athletic convention in Paris last June, the result of which was an arrangement whereby quadrennial meetings will be held, beginning next year in Athens. Besides all modern athletic contests an effort will be made to revive some of the old Greek...
...first session of the International Athletic Congress occurred at the Sorbonne, Paris, last Saturday afternoon. Baron de Courcel, who presided, outlined the purposes of the congress and stated that he hoped the delegates would endeavor to establish international athletic championships. Nearly three thousand persons were present, among them being Professor Sloane of Princeton...
...began practicing earlier than has usually been done and as a result have attained to a degree of precision and expression in the rendering of their music beyond what is common in freshman clubs. There will be a dance after the concert and the patronesses will be Mrs. Le Baron R. Briggs, Mrs. Francis G. Peabody, Mrs. Horace E. Scudder, Mrs. Charles E. Wentworth and Mrs. Arthur Gilman...
...president of the board of overseers, Mrs. F. D. Allen, Professor W. W. Goodwin and Mrs. Goodwin. Professor J. H. Wright and Mrs. Wright, Dr. William Everett, Professor J. M. Peirce, Dean of the Graduate School, Professor C. F. Dunbar, Dean of the Faculty, and Mrs. Dunbar; Professor Le Baron R. Briggs, Dean of the College, and Mrs. Briggs; Professor Nathaniel S. Shaler, Dean of the Scientific School, and Mrs. Shaler...
...trial tonight will take place in Sever 11 at 7.30 o'clock. The question is: "Resolved, That members of Cabinets should be given full membership in the House of Representatives." H. A. Cutler '94, will preside, and the judges will be Professor Le Baron R. Briggs, Assistant Professor Edward Cummings, and Mr. J. J. Hayes. In the actual debate with Yale, Harvard will have the negative side of the question; but this evening a candidate may take either side he wishes. The trial is open to all members of the University...