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...upon the alarming proportion of non-swimmers and upon the desirability of giving some instruction in this useful accomplishment. The question has been discussed time and again here at Harvard. At regular intervals the college press presents its time-worn article upon the subject, each time without the least effect. In view of the repeated failures to bring about any results, it seems hardly worth while to refer to the subject again. But at the risk of growing monotonous, we again wish to call the attention of the college and of its friends to the subject of a swimming-bath...
...standard of time will go into effect Nov. 18, the difference here will be fifteen minutes...
...habit of attending fires in Boston, as it had the effect of withdrawing the attention of the students from their duties, soon incurred the disapproval of the faculty and was the real cause of the dissolution of the company. a large fire in Boston was the occasion of great rejoicing among the students. They were always warmly welcomed but it is doubtful if their assistance was very valuable. Wearied with their labors in fighting the flames, they were accustomed to leave behind them their engine which was generally sent out to Cambridge soon afterwards by the authorities in Boston...
...certainly a surprise to learn that Columbia, by failing to appear against Princeton on Monday, has forfeited her position in the foot-ball association. If the news proves true it will make a new aspect of affairs, and though the championship can hardly be said to be effected by her withdrawal from the association, it will make the fight between the remaining colleges even more exciting than before. Of late years Columbia's teams have invariably failed to obtain better than last place, and it was always a pleasure to feel that unless under the most adverse circumstances the other...
There are those who insist that Dr. Hamlin really cares nothing about investigating the effect of diet upon his pupils, but that his object in setting up a collegiate weighing-machine is to substitute weighing for the old-fashioned methods of examination. The weighing-machine will afford, in some respects, a fair test of the progress which the students have made in the higher studies-such as base ball and rowing-and Dr. Hamlin may intend to assign collegiate honors to the students who succeed in training themselves down to the best possible weight. There is a good deal that...