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...that time Pennsylvania was slumping as never before, but since then the team has shown remarkable improvement under graduate coaching. Today, it will play a very strong game, the strongest game, in fact, which it is capable of. The Harvard players, including Boal, who will resume his old place at guard, are in the best of condition and are full of spirit. The abundance and excellence of the substitutes, especially in the back field, will offset any weakening of the team through injuries to the regular players...
Plans for the erection of the University Club have been under consideration since last spring, when a new committee was formed by combining the old University Club and Memorial Committees. The committee decided last spring that the best form of memorial to the Harvard men who died in the Spanish war, would be a building which should be so connected with the daily life of the students that the memory of our volunteers should be constantly impressed on each successive generation of Harvard students. It is hoped that the club may be made an undergraduate centre by having offices provided...
With this year a new arrangement goes into effect for the Bowdoin Prizes, which ought to stimulate greatly the competition for them. Under the old arrangement a certain number of moderate prizes, of between fifty and one hundred dollars each were offered, for essays upon subjects stated in advance. Under the new arrangement two large prizes,--a first prize of two hundred and fifty dollars and a second prize of two hundred dollars, -- are offered for undergraduates in regular standing, on subjects to be selected by the writers themselves. The only limitation as to subject is that it shall...
...this provision. The constitution calls for at least five receptions or smoke-talks to be held during the year, at which invited guests shall speak, and to which members may bring their friends. The first of these will be announced shortly. Men who desire to join the club, and old members who wish to renew their membership, may do so at any of these smoke talks, or by sending their names, with the initiation fee of one dollar to the secretary, J. B. Trevor, 27 Beck Hall...
...times. On the offense the team used only the simpler plays, gaining ground around the ends by good interference. Sawin, at left half, made most of the touchdowns scored by the first eleven. He also out-punted R. Lawrence of the second, and showed much of his old skill in running with the ball. Burnett had frequent chances to kick goals from the field, but owing to the slippery ball succeeded only once. One of his kicks, however, from the fifty-seven yard line, went far above the cross-bar, but outside the post by a few feet. Reid played...