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...ever leave the hands of its present owners, and keep it intact, as Mount Vernon is kept - as a living and unchanging reminder of the great poet. The association is conducted by men eminently well qualified for their position, both from their personal distinction and their long and close knowledge of Mr. Longfellow. The president is our present minister to England, James Russell Lowell; the vice-presidents are Oliver Wendell Holmes, John G. Whittier, Charles W. Eliot, Charles Deane and W. D. Howells; the secretary is Arthur Gilman, and the treasarer, John Bartlett. Subscriptions are to be received all over...
...Jackson's lecture on "Spectrum Analysis" last evening was well attended by men taking chemistry courses. The lecture was very entertaining, and was listened to throughout with great interest. Prof. Jackson illustrated his subject with a large number of stereopticon views and quite a display of apparatus. At the close of the lecture the appreciation of the audience was signified by prolonged applause...
...boomed greatly, owing chiefly to the arrangement of a series of inter-class games for the championship of the college, and a silver medal for each man on the winning team. The class nines are unusually strong this year, and the prospect is that the contest will be close and interesting. The nines are very evenly matched, and it is impossible to form any definite idea as to the result, though the general opinion is that the first place lies between the junior and freshman nines. The first game of the series between the juniors and sophomores resulted...
...Brunonian says editorially: "The association games thus far played have demonstrated the fact that the contest for the college championship this season will be an exceedingly close one, and will be doubtful, probably, even to the end of the season. This fact, however, has become evident, that Brown has a team in the field of which we may well be proud. Probably not more than once in the previous history of base-ball matters here has a stronger nine taken the field, and this is all the more gratifying considering the disadvantages under which the nine labored earlier...
Entries for the tennis tournament, which will begin at 4 P. M. tomorrow, close at 12 M. today...