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...examinations. Greek, Latin and Mathematics will continue to have, as they now have, much greater weight than any of the rest. The examinations will be marked according to the new college standard of marks. Another new thing is the provision that allows a student to take his preliminaries and final during the same year. Although this new system of entrance examinations goes into force this year, any one desiring to enter on the old conditions (from having taken already the preliminaries or from some such reason) may do so, for 1887 only by making formal application before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The New Harvard Catalogue. | 12/21/1886 | See Source »

REDUCED RATES. SHORT LINE. THROUGH CARS. Mr. Fisher will be as Leavitt and Pierces to-day from 12 to 2. to make final arrangements with all students wishing to go West...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 12/17/1886 | See Source »

...down to tug like the rest of his men. The Harvards were lying at ease on the plank, Easton alone keeping his hands on the rope. Ten seconds before the expiration of the time limit they tugged again, and added enough to their advantage to make the final victory amount to 6 feet 4 inches. Each member of the winning team received a fine gold medal as a token of the victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Victorious in the 7th Regiment Games. | 12/6/1886 | See Source »

...reading of a telegram from referee Harris in which he gave, as his final decision, that the game was a draw, excited much indignant comment on the side of Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale-Princeton Game. | 11/29/1886 | See Source »

Last Saturday evening the convention appointed to make a final decision regarding the Yale-Princeton game met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. The following delegates were present: Princeton, Captain Savage, C. Bird, and H. Hodge; Yale, Captain Corwin, Frank G. Peters and Walter C. Camp ex-captains of the eleven; Harvard, Captain Brooks, E. G. Kent and ex-captain Appleton; Wesleyan, Messrs. Stevens and Beattie; University of Pennsylvania, Messrs. Young and Posey. Mr. Savage presided. As soon as he had taken the chair, Captain Corwin of Yale moved that the championship for this year be awarded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale-Princeton Game. | 11/29/1886 | See Source »