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There is every reason to expect an excellent contest, as both sides have been working hard, the Harvard men with a determination to maintain the record of unbroken victories in debate, the Yale representatives with the hope of reversing the tide of fortune...
...committee thought that to erect and maintain such a memorial would require $300,000, of which $150,000 would be expended in the erection of the building and the remainder invested to pay the running expenses of the house. Owing to the hard times, when the committee was appointed, no formal appeal for subscriptions was made. Nevertheless voluntary subscriptions to the amount of $80,000 were received. As the times have been improving very slowly the committee has not yet made its appeal, but will probably make it soon...
...visit to England which the crew will make this year. The authorities on rowing matters consider the prospects to be very encouraging. Mr. Courtney will be on hand again to coach, and in order to give the 'varsity good practice, the class of ninety - seven has decided to maintain a crew, which will probably prove a very strong one. At the recent meeting of candidates for the 'varsity crew, forty - three men came out. There were also ten candidates for the position of coxswain, and it is expected that many more will soon hand in their names...
...value would be a small part of the actual loss. The work at this station was conducted with great labor, a mule path had been built to the summit and the entire expenditure had been large. It will be a serious loss to science if it proves impossible to maintain the station...
...hoped that a large number of men will start in to train and help to maintain the high standard that Harvard formerly set in lacrosse...