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...exasperated over the ruling just made by the post office department at Washington, and the instruction of the postmaster here, that, after this quarter, no two students, unless brothers, will be allowed to use the same post office box, on the ground that they are not a "family, firm or coporation...
...crew eight months before its expected race should be to acquire the fundamental qualities absolutely necessary to effective rowing. These essential qualities are, ability to sit up straight, which can only be acquired by constant care and exercise, also the power to keep the shoulders back firmly when the body is forward on the full reach. If an oarsman negligently allows himself to overreach, his hold upon the water when first dipping his oar will prove to be jerky, consequently destroying that uniform steady sweep which should characterize a Harvard crew. A firm, upright body is then the first thing...
...opened the debate for the affirmative. The subject was, Resolved-That the present elective system of Harvard meets the requirements of a higher education better than any other system. Mr. Carrier, '85, then opened for the negative. The remarks of both principal disputants were clear, forcible and showed a firm grasp of the subject under consideration. They were ably supported by their seconds, Mr. Bowen, '85, affirmative, and Mr. McAfee, '88, negative...
...Gymnastic Manual," by Dr. Edward Hitchcock, professor of gymnastics at Amherst College Gymnasium, will be published soon by a Boston firm...
Harvard's play did not come up to some of the practice work and was decidedly loose at times. Poor tackling, several muffs by the backs and poor blocking were the noticeable errors in the play of our eleven. The Pennsylvania rush line on the other hand, stood as firm as a rock and got through much better than our team. Some of the individual play of our men was good, notably the fine tackling of Adams and Kimball, the way in which Gilman got the ball in a crowd and one or two rushes by Wesselhoeft. Holden...