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Never before in the history of Yale has there been such an interest taken in field athletics. The enthusiasm awakened four years ago when the Yale field was first used has steadily increased. Instead of being at the bottom in track athletics Yale now leads all her opponents. The improvement has been a gradual one, developing a little year by year, till in '87 five first prizes were won by Yale men at Mott Haven, and at last the cherished cup became Yale's. Since that time the interest has not been allowed to lag for a moment...
...athletic association has been formed in New York, a description of whose building and general purpose may interest our readers. Among the officers of the club, besides many who have been at one time or another connected with Harvard, are several names that are familiar to the present undergraduates, among them Wendell Baker and James A. Tyng. John S. White, the head master of the Berkeley School, is the president of the association, and its other offices are filled by men well-known in New York City...
...proposition to erect a statue of Milton at Harvard, which is made by a correspondent of the Boston Post, is all very fine in its way and it would be an addition to the objects of interest which abound here. It would, however, be better for people to erect statues of Harvard's own great men before seeking to make one of Milton.- Cambridge Tribune...
...lectures are given by persons connected with the University and present an excellent chance of hearing men whom one does not meet in the lecture room. Next Tuesday Professor Norton is the speaker, and his subject, which treats of the different phases of intellectual life in America, is of interest to all here. This chance of hearing so eminent a person should not be thoughtlessly thrown away...
...occurs another of the series of athletic contests in the gymnasium. These exhibitions have not been a success, owing to the non-interest in them by the college at large. We are not greatly disappointed that the number of spectators is not larger. The season of the year is in a great measure the cause of this non-attendance; but it seems to us surprising that so little feeling is manifested in the competition by the contestants themselves. We await with interest the outcome of the repeated editorials published this week in behalf of these contests...