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...first Freshman game with Yale will be played to-morrow at New Haven. It is to be hoped that a large number of Harvard men will be present...
...each trying to "bump" the boat ahead, before reaching the finish, which is just below Folly Bridge. A bumped boat is sent to the end of the line in the next race, and the successful boat is thus one nearer the head of the river. It takes a number of races, of course, to decide which crew is to gain or to hold the coveted position, and nothing can be more exciting than the contests. The friends of the crews run along the tow-path on the Berkshire side of the river, cheering on their crews, tumbling over each other...
...Advertiser, in its notice of the Boylston Prize speaking, said that there was a marked improvement over the standard of several years ago. It is doubtful whether this statement is correct. Before the adoption of the preliminary system there was a much greater number of candidates than now, and the poor speakers, having a large majority, made the whole performance appear to be of an ordinary kind. At any rate, the present standard is not creditable, and ought to be raised...
...apply first fail to fill their appointments as soon as the novelty wears off. They would do this, of course, in sections; but the gain comes from the fact that those who really want the instruction receive it all the year, having more time as the section diminishes in number, while the instructor has fewer hours. Besides, it is an advantage to compare one's progress with that of others...
...perhaps interesting, would not be of much use. Instruction in elocution resembles more nearly a lesson in singing or music; instruction by sections is almost useless compared with individual instruction. What we need is not a reduction in the time allowed to each man, but an increase in the number of instructors...