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...second floor, and well fulfil the promise of elegance made by the architect's description of the building published last spring. The combination of light and dark stone in the east and west facades is unique. A large tablet has been built into the east end for an inscription. The lecture rooms have already assumed a form from which their size and convenience may be judged, and work is progressing rapidly. It is expected that work upon the interior may be begun before spring...
...next event was the 120 yards hurdle race, which was closely contested by H. F. Mandell, '84, G. R. Agassiz, '84, and S. Cary, '86. Agassiz and Cary took the hurdles almost together, but the latter spurted at the end and won in 19 1/8 sec.; Agassiz second...
...start I. and II. immediately caught the water ahead of III. and IV., but when fifteen strokes had been rowed the positions were III., IV., I., II., and at the lower end of the boat house, III., IV., II., I. When abreast of the boat house it was seen that III. was gaining at every stroke. At the finish the positions stood III., IV., I., II., III. winning by a half-length over IV. IV. finished, however, only a quarter-length ahead of I., and I. coming in a full length ahead of II. No time was taken. The rowing...
...everybody. But that, at the same time, there has arisen a certain unconscious tendency towards an unwise exclusiveness in our sports, we think cannot be doubted. To produce a team that will play an almost faultless game, or athletes whose records excel the best, should not be the sole end and aim of all our college sports. It is true that by success in this way a general interest in all these things can best be fostered; but, when we sacrifice to this aim all the better uses of college sports and very nearly subvert the fundamental principle of amateur...
...take occasion to warn any would-be competitor in the spring sports from discouragement at his failure or success this fall, when these hindrances have labored against him. What we expect now more than anything else is a manifestation of live interest in our athletics, which in the end goes a long way towards assuring success...