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Some very valuable additions are soon to be made to Harvard's collection of glass flower models. The secret of making these models is known only to the Blasckkas of Dresden. These men are bound by contract to work only for Harvard for the next nine years, so that at the end of that time Harvard will have a collection of models of practically all the flowers known. The younger Blasckka is now in Jamaica, studying the plants of the island. In a few weeks, he will come to Cambridge, as the guest of Professor Goodale, Afterwards, he will travel...
...grounds for the Mott "Haven games." The Manhattan Athletic Club was represented by Eugene Van Schaack and Dr. J. S. White submitted the proposition of the Berkeley A. C. The choice of the executive committee was in favor of the Manhattan Field, 3 to 2. The signing of the contract, which was submitted by the M. A. C. was deferred until next Friday evening, when the officers of the Intercollegiate meeting will be appointed...
...Crandell, chairman of the senior class day committee, has made his report on the cap and gown question and circulars will be sent to the members of the senior class. The award of the contract for the manufacture of the gowns has been delayed owing to the negligence of several of the firms to whom the contract was offered. The cap and gown will be furnished by Cotrell, Leonard & Co., of Albany, N. Y. The Co-operative Society will act as their agents, and measurements may be taken there and the goods will be delivered when finished. The material...
...glad to hear from the class day committee on the subject of the cap and gown. It cannot be objected that the matter has not received careful enough attention for the committee have certainly been deliberate in awarding the contract. The report answers very satisfactorily a question which was raised when the subject was first discussed, the question of expense. It was urged that the cost of the caps and gowns would be far too great for the short time they were used. Fabulous figures of twenty or thirty dollars floated through the air, and an impression was cast abroad...
...Hunnewell has recently given the University $30,000 for a new museum building for the Arnold Arboretum. The building, of which the contract price is $28,700, is now being put up close to the main entrance of the Arboretum. In design it is simple, the style being free Romanesque. There are a basement, two stories, and an attic. On the first floor are two large rooms 35*40 feet, designed for the museum collections. The second story contains the herbarium and the library, with the director's office and working rooms between...