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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...professional schools. But could not this be accomplished in other ways? The true fault lies, not in our academic department, but in the preparatory and lower schools. There is no reason why the American schools, should not, like the European schools, educate their pupils in sixteen or seventeen years instead of nineteen. It seems quite possible that Harvard might gain a year at least by exerting her influence upon the larger preparatory schools, some of which already offer a shorter course than the regular, and which could in their turn influence the lower schools. Another year ought to be saved...
...intended this year to give medals instead of the miscellaneous articles given last year for prizes. The die for these medals will cost money and the meet will be expensive in one or two other respects. The club intends if possible to have the corners of the track on Holmes field raised. This will not hurt the track for running and will make it one of the fastest bicycle tracks in America. To meet these and other expenses the club is busy raising subscriptions. They hope to be able to raise enough to make the meet thoroughly successful...
...were required in last Saturday's games. The Amateur Athletic Union held its regular outdoor meeting last fall, and therefore the events which are to be contested in this meeting will very somewhat from the events of last fall. For instance, there will be a 75 yard dash instead of a 100 yard one; there will also be 150 yard, 300 yards, 600 yards and 1000 yards runs to take the place of the usual dashes. There will be several long runs of two miles and more, and the same plan will be followed out in the walks...
Work on the new shooting house of the Shooting club on the Allston marshes has been begun. The house will be finished by Saturday. It was decided at the meeting in Holden chapel Monday night to raise the money needed by subscription instead of by an assessment...
Morning prayers throughout the coming week will be conducted by Rev. Theodore C. Williams of New York, instead of by Rev. Francis G. Peabody as announced in the Calendar on Saturday...