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Dates: during 1900-1900
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**Reading from English Literature of the Nineteenth Century. I. Mr. Copeland. Sever 11, 8 p.m. Selections will be made from Byron, Scott and Wordsworth.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 3/20/1900 | See Source »

A great change has taken place in the position and the importance of physical training at Harvard since President Eliot's inauguration thirty-one years ago. The out-of-door sports antedate the indoor exercises. The first boat race with Yale occurred in 1852. The old Gymnasium, now called the...

Author: By Ira N. Hollis., | Title: UNIVERSITY CHANGES. | 3/20/1900 | See Source »

The Corporation, upon the recommendation of the President, provided a loan for the construction of tennis courts on Jarvis and Holmes Fields, which had been purchased for the use of students in outdoor exercises. In 1869 the out-of-door sports were football, rowing, cricket and baseball. The Track Team...

Author: By Ira N. Hollis., | Title: UNIVERSITY CHANGES. | 3/20/1900 | See Source »

The gift of Soldiers Field by Mr. H.L. Higginson enabled the Corporation to place all out of door sports in a locality not likely to be needed for new buildings. A steady improvement of this region has taken place since the transfer of the different sports from Holmes Field. The...

Author: By Ira N. Hollis., | Title: UNIVERSITY CHANGES. | 3/20/1900 | See Source »

The growth of College sports was so rapid during the first years of the President's administration that many abuses crept into the intercollegiate contests. In 1882 it was found necessary to make an inquiry into the schedule of the baseball games, and the standing committee on the Regulation of...

Author: By Ira N. Hollis., | Title: UNIVERSITY CHANGES. | 3/20/1900 | See Source »

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