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Only within recent years has an interest been felt either by English or American university men in international athletic contests. The growing familiarity of each with the other has therefore revealed wide differences not only in the technical features of various events, but in the prevailing spirit of sportsmanship as well. "Granted, the common love of out-of-door sports, the two countries differ in almost every particular. . . . Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cornell, merely to speak the names in a single breath raises an atmosphere of jealous and aggressive rivalry. . . . Oxford, Cambridge -- there is an immediate suggestion of fifteenth century...
...stars of constant brightness is selected, as near as possible to the variable to be observed, in such a way that the brightest is somewhat brighter than the variable at its maximum intensity, and the faintest somewhat fainter than the variable at minimum. Between these extremes the stars differ one from another in brilliance by about half a magnitude, and they are designated by letters in the order of brilliance. This sequence of stars of known magnitude enables the brightness of the variable star to be closely determined at any time, by comparison with the two constant stars, one brighter...
...Forum," C. F. Thwing '76, president of Western Reserve, writes on the question, "Should Woman's Education Differ from Man's?" Professor Simon Newcomb '58 contributes to the "Popular Science Monthly," "Chapters on the Scars," F. T. Cooper '86 has in the "Bookman" a review of "An Englishwoman's Love Letters...
...concert at Andover will differ from any others given this year, in that it will be arranged and directed entirely by the Pierian, and that the proceeds will be for its benefit. If this arrangement is a success, the concert will be given annually hereafter. The Pierian will be assisted by L. P. Burnham '02, celloist and the vocal numbers will be given by M. J. Tobey...
Professor Hall, Harvard representative on the committee on uniform entrance examinations for New England, says: 'My present though I shall not say my final, judgment is opposed to the acceptance by Harvard of the proposed uniform entrance examinations. American colleges differ widely from each other in the class of men predominating in their student bodies. In one college the great majority of the men come from small and ill-equipped schools, while in another an equally large proportion come from the large and strong schools. It is almost impossible to formulate any one set of examinations which will satisfy...