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...nine has played this season. A great deal of interest will be felt in today's game which decides the series, and gives every promise of being a close and exciting one. The recent victory of Brown over Yale adds still more interest, as furnishing a ground for comparison between the nines...
Courtney is constantly studying the time made over the Henley course, and comparing the time made by his men, and there is a very evident confidence on his part that the comparison is satisfactory...
...difficult, and in fact almost impossible, to predict the winners in the different events. A careful comparison of the teams of the different colleges indicates that Yale will probably win first place, with Harvard second and Pennsylvania third...
...intercollegiate disqualification. The list of entries runs, of course, higher than in the class games, and among the competitors in the various events are sure to be all of Harvard's best men. The games, aside from being very interesting in themselves, will make possible some sort of comparison between the Harvard and Yale teams. The annual Yale games were held only a short time ago, and an excellent set of records were reported from them. With favorable conditions today, we may hope to see Harvard's track athletes do equally good work. For them and for all Harvard...
...nurseries of the Arboretum for an informal outdoor study of the plants. It is not proposed that the instruction given in these meetings shall be technical, and a knowledge of descriptive botany is not essential for persons who wish to follow them. The intention is to indicate by comparison the easiest means of distinguishing the common native trees and shrubs as they appear in this part of the country, and of recognizing the foreign species which have been introduced into our gardens. The ornamental and useful properties of these trees and shrubs, their habits of growth and other peculiarities...