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...second prize of $200 will be offered to undergraduates in regular standing. The essays may be on any subject suitable for treatment in literary form, provided it be approved by the chairman of the standing committee on Bowdoin Prizes. Essays may not exceed 10,000 words in length, and they must be handed to the Recording Secretary of the University not later than April...
...race yesterday between the Weld and Newell Freshman crews was won by the first Weld with the first Newell half a length behind. The time, 9m. 18s., is doubtful, as the watches of the coaches did not agree. Only six of the seven crews entered competed, for the coxswain of the second Newell ran his boat into the railroad bridge on the way to the start, breaking number four's outrigger and staving a hole in the bottom of the shell...
...second Weld crews got away first leaving the other boats closely bunched, but the first Newell, which made the poorest start, soon pulled up to second place, passing the second Weld. At the bridge the crews were strung out with each of the eights except the first just a length behind the next in front. The order at the bridge was first Weld, first Newell, second Weld, third Weld, third Newell, fourth Weld, and this order remained unchanged until the finish. Opposite Dartmouth street, however, the three leading crews spurted and drew away from the rest, and the first Newell...
...spurted for the lead. When they appeared on the farther side, the Weld eight was slightly in advance, and seemed to be going ahead fast. The Newell boat, however, fought pluckily, answering every spurt of the Weld, which drew away foot by foot and finished one third of a length ahead. The second crews gradually fell behind the others, and when they finished the second Newell was three lengths behind the leaders...
Norway maples have been planted along the whole length of the Harvard street fence and along the river driveway. Shrubs and grass have also been planted along the fence and about the lodge and preparations are now being made for planting flowers...