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...Lees Knowles, M.P. spoke in behalf of the Oxford and Cambridge men, and expressed his gratification at seeing the bust of John Harvard, a graduate of Emanuel College, Cambridge. After referring to the strictly amateur stand taken by the Oxford and Cambridge athletes, who came to America without even a professional trainer, he expressed the hope that Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale might stand out as an example to all colleges in clean athletic sports. The words of Washington, inscribed beneath his bust in the Union, are appropriate in this: "Let us raise a standard to which the wise...
...behalf of the Class of 1904, we wish to extend to you our sincerest sympathy in the loss you have sustained in the death of your grandson, Hamilton. By his ability and his kindly nature, he had won the regard and respect of all who knew him, and his loss is deeply felt by the whole class. For the Class, LOUIS GRILK, JAMES A. BURGESS. RALPH SANGER. ALBERT V. DEROODE. E. V. R. THAYER, JR. WALTER E. SACHS...
...recent meeting of the Olympic games committee in Paris, L. P. Sheldon, an old Yale athlete, proposed in behalf of the Athletic Union of America, that a set of uniform international rules for athletic contests be drawn up, in order to do away with the present diversity in different countries. The committee is considering the proposal...
...Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society of England was awarded to Professor E. C. Pickering, of the Harvard Observatory, on the occasion of the society's annual meeting, held February 8. Mr. Choate received the medal in behalf of Professor Pickering, who was unable to be present in person, owing to the pressure of his duties here...
...DEAR SIR:--On behalf of the American universities of Columbia, Harvard, Princeton and Yale, I have the honor to challenge your university, in conjunction with that of Cambridge, to play the third chess match by cable for the possession of the Rice Trophy during the spring of 1901, under the same conditions that have heretofore governed these contests...