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...final heat of the 220 yards dash handicap held yesterday afternoon on Holmes Field resulted as follows: First, P. L. Fish '01, 3 yds.; second, W. G. Clerk '01, 3 yds.; third, R. W. Robbins '02, 10 yds. Time, 22 4-5 seconds...
...boat clubs will be held on Thursday, November sixteenth, instead of on the seventeenth, as previously arranged. This change was made to enable the men to attend the dinner to last year's crew, which will be held on the evening of the seventeenth. Instead of the two first crews having a separate race, it is probable that all four graded crews will race together. The distance of the Freshman race, which will be rowed on November eleventh, has been shortened to one mile and a half. Three crews from each club will take part in this race...
...second Newell which has been kept back by frequent changes in the make-up. Now that the order of the crew has been finally decided upon, there ought to be a change for the better. The race on the sixteenth promises to be very close between the two first crews, and the second eights are also very evenly matched. Most of the Freshmen who rowed in last year's interscholastic series are now at the Weld, but there is an abundance of good material at the other club, so that the Freshman race also should be well contested...
...strong wind, blowing diagonally across the field, made accurate punting impossible. In the first half Coombs punted frequently, and had the slight advantage of the wind over Hallowell. The latter made some longer punts in the next half when he had the wind in his favor and gained over Coombs on every exchange. He was well supported by Campbell who made every punt count for its full distance...
...Harvard Religious Union will hold its first meeting of the year this evening at 7.30 in Brooks House. Professor F. G. Peabody and Dr. Samuel Crothers will speak. It is the plan of the union to hold occasional meetings throughout the year, which will be addressed by prominent pastors and laymen. All members of the University who attend liberal churches are especially urged to be present...